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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. In a love story told in Chapter 8, how far was a girl buried from the grave of her love?
(a) About 2 kilometers.
(b) About 3 kilometers.
(c) About 1/2 kilometer.
(d) About a kilometer.
2. When a girl of about seventeen died, who did her family blame?
(a) A man who frightened her by shooting a rifle in the air.
(b) Her grandfather.
(c) Her brother.
(d) A man who drove by too fast in a jeep.
3. What popular cultural theme becomes tied up with ghinnawas?
(a) Death of a child.
(b) Death of a lover.
(c) Thwarted love.
(d) A second marriage.
4. How many lines do ghinnawas have?
(a) 2.
(b) 3.
(c) 4.
(d) 1.
5. How did women feel if men heard them singing or reciting poetry?
(a) Frustrated.
(b) Embarrassed.
(c) Sad.
(d) Angry.
6. How many years before Lila's arrival had a young man been murdered?
(a) 6 years.
(b) 5 years.
(c) 8 years.
(d) 7 years.
7. In a poem recited about his second wife, what image does Rashid use?
(a) Drowning in tears.
(b) Drowning in sand.
(c) Cooking with a liquid of tears.
(d) Beating grain.
8. How would a body be prepared in proper Muslim fashion?
(a) Close the eyes with coins.
(b) Place drops of water in the person's mouth and tie the jaw shut.
(c) Anoint the body with spices.
(d) Wrap the body in a cloth.
9. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?
(a) Sewing a dress.
(b) Sewing a quilt.
(c) Sewing a blanket.
(d) Sewing a tent.
10. What illness did Aziza have?
(a) A heart murmur.
(b) A hideous and painful skin disease.
(c) A problem with menstruation.
(d) Tuberculosis.
11. How many of the adults in the community where Lila lived had been officially divorced at least once?
(a) Over 1/3.
(b) 2/3.
(c) Over 1/2.
(d) 1/4.
12. In what point of view do they write ghinnawas?
(a) 1st person limited.
(b) 2nd person.
(c) 1st person omniscient.
(d) 3rd person.
13. What is revealed in Awlad 'Ali poetry?
(a) Anger.
(b) Bitterness.
(c) Shame.
(d) Vulnerability.
14. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?
(a) Wedding.
(b) Sheep shearing.
(c) Circumcision.
(d) Funeral.
15. What analogy was often drawn in poetry?
(a) An analogy between the poet and sisters.
(b) An analogy between the poet and brothers.
(c) An analogy between the poet and the tribe.
(d) An analogy between the poet and young children.
Short Answer Questions
1. In a love story told in Chapter 8, what happened to a woodcutter?
2. When an old woman suddenly died, what did some suggest her husband had done?
3. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?
4. What was Bateson discussing when he argued that art corrects a too-limited and ultimately destructive understanding of the world?
5. How was the ghinnawa divisible?
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