Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Lila Abu-Lughod
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Veiled Sentiments: Honor and Poetry in a Bedouin Society Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

Lila Abu-Lughod
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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a folktale, when a man gave birth, what carried the baby away?
(a) A bird.
(b) A wild dog.
(c) A gazelle.
(d) An ostrich

2. How old was the runaway second wife of the husband who was criticized for going to find her?
(a) 7 years younger than her husband.
(b) 5 to 10 years younger than her husband.
(c) 15 to 20 years younger than her husband.
(d) 12 years younger than her husband.

3. How many children did the man, who was criticized for going to find his runaway second wife, have with his first wife?
(a) 9.
(b) 7.
(c) 6.
(d) 5.

4. What colors were associated with uncleanliness and women?
(a) Green and blue.
(b) Red and black.
(c) Black and white.
(d) Red and blue.

5. What were Bedouin tents made of before the Awlad 'Ali moved into houses?
(a) Woven wool.
(b) Burlap sacks.
(c) Camel skins.
(d) Sheep skins.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What types of trees surrounded crude structures at the edge of the Western desert?

3. What was closely tied to the moral nature among the Awlad 'Ali?

4. What was the Bedouin social system touted to be?

5. How many client households were in the camp where Lila lived?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did people greet the birth of a boy?

2. In the past, what was the relationship between the Awlad 'Ali and the Mrabtin?

3. How does a modest woman show virtuous womanhood?

4. Under what circumstances could a woman kill an animal?

5. What did clients do for their patrons?

6. Why did foreigners call taxis in Alexandria "flying coffins"?

7. How were brides carried from her natal home in the past and when Lila lived with the Awlad 'Ali?

8. How did Nafla resist an unwanted marriage when she was fourteen?

9. How were Lila's expectations of the Bedouins different from the reality?

10. What questions and doubts do anthropologists deal with when doing field work?

(see the answer keys)

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