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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 5, The Poetry of Personal Life.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What illness did Aziza have?
(a) A problem with menstruation.
(b) A hideous and painful skin disease.
(c) Tuberculosis.
(d) A heart murmur.

2. How long was a woman sexually taboo after giving birth?
(a) 30 days.
(b) 45 days.
(c) 60 days.
(d) 40 days.

3. In the Bedouin community where Lila lived, how many times a day did the men try to pray?
(a) 4.
(b) 5.
(c) 3.
(d) 2.

4. What colors were associated with purity and with men?
(a) Blue and white.
(b) White and green.
(c) Black and red.
(d) Yellow and red.

5. When did military rule of the Western desert end?
(a) Late 1930's.
(b) Late 1940's.
(c) Late 1960's.
(d) Late 1950's.

Short Answer Questions

1. Of the ghinnawas that Lila recorded when she stayed with the Awlad 'Ali, how many were duplicates?

2. Which city was near the mountain where Adam and Eve met again after being banished from the garden by God?

3. When Lila did her fieldwork, how many of the five core household heads married paternal first cousins?

4. During what month was rain essential for the Awlad 'Ali to water their crops?

5. In a Bedouin story, what was God's reason for forbidding Adam and Eve to eat fruit from a particular tree?

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