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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 8, Ideology and the Politics of Sentiment.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A word the Haj used to refer to a married woman he loved shared the same root word with which other word of the choices?
(a) Kind.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Captive.
(d) Hostage.

2. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?
(a) About 3 kilometers.
(b) About 1/2 kilometer.
(c) About a kilometer.
(d) About 2 kilometers.

3. With whom did women share poems?
(a) With their husbands.
(b) With their brothers.
(c) Close kinswomen or women they know well.
(d) With their fathers.

4. In the camp where Lila lived, how many adults were in the fourteen households that made up the camp?
(a) 58.
(b) 42.
(c) 53.
(d) 47.

5. During what month was rain essential for the Awlad 'Ali to water their crops?
(a) Mid-March.
(b) Mid-December.
(c) Mid-April.
(d) Mid-January.

Short Answer Questions

1. How would a body be prepared in proper Muslim fashion?

2. How many inches of rain commonly fell in Awlad 'Ali territory?

3. In a love story in Chapter 8, where did a boy and girl in love with each other meet ?

4. What did Bedouins believe would dry up a new mother's milk?

5. What nickname did foreigners give Alexandrian taxis?

(see the answer key)

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