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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 types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?
(a) Sycamore trees.
(b) Dwarf fig trees.
(c) Almond Trees.
(d) Olive Trees.

2. What beach is mentioned in the "Alexandria Quartet?"
(a) Bourg El Arab.
(b) Na'ama.
(c) Hurghada.
(d) Makadi.

3. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?
(a) Democratic.
(b) Authoritarian.
(c) Unitarian.
(d) Egalitarian.

4. When did the Awlad 'Ali migrate to the desert?
(a) Fall.
(b) Spring.
(c) Summer.
(d) Winter.

5. How much of the Egyptian population consist of Bedouins of the Western desert when Lila did her fieldwork?
(a) 7 percent.
(b) 1 percent.
(c) 3 percent.
(d) 5 percent.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who was the man who inherited wealth, but lost respect because he submitted to his passions and chased women?

2. How old was the Haj, head of the household, where Lila lived?

3. What color was the compound where Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?

4. What colors were associated with purity and with men?

5. Where was a young man shot during an altercation between some Bedouin men and a group of Egyptian soldiers riding on a train through a Bedouin area?

(see the answer key)

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