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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 4, Modesty, Gender, and Sexuality.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What word described a Bedouin man's years of youth?
(a) Shekhukha.
(b) Shabab.
(c) Agil.
(d) Sinn ir-rushd.

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

3. What would ewes have been fed in the desert?
(a) Grasses.
(b) Wormwood.
(c) Astragulus.
(d) Acacia.

4. In Bedouin ideology, what determined a man's authority?
(a) Ancestry.
(b) Ascribed position.
(c) Moral worthiness.
(d) Force.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the camp where Lila lived, how many adults divorced at least once?

2. How old was the man who lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?

3. How far did the Western Desert stretch to the Libyan border?

4. When did the ancestors of the Awlad 'Ali sweep through North Africa?

5. What were women said to fear?

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