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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. When did a German explorer publish ghinnawas?
(a) 1906.
(b) 1926.
(c) 1921.
(d) 1910.

2. In an age of trucks, what did wealthy men maintain even though they were obsolete?
(a) Goat herds.
(b) Camel herds.
(c) Cow herds.
(d) Sheep herds.

3. How many women had the Haj been prevented from marrying because of a family member?
(a) 2.
(b) 4.
(c) 1.
(d) 3.

4. How many days did paternal relatives wail and cry at a camp where an old woman died suddenly?
(a) 4.
(b) 3.
(c) 1.
(d) 2.

5. What was the only thing that Lila was usually able to tape record?
(a) Business transactions.
(b) Wedding festivities.
(c) Private concerts.
(d) Funerals.

Short Answer Questions

1. What type of personal relationships were of great concern among the Bedouins?

2. How many syllables are in ghinnawas?

3. What accompanied a message Mabruka sends when warning the recipient to beware?

4. What was a reason Rashid might have taken a second wife?

5. The absence of what was marked by sharing of poetry between individuals?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

2. How do reactions to a husband's second marriage vary?

3. How was the youngest adult man in the group of agnatic kinsmen where Lila did her fieldwork killed?

4. What was Mabruka's response when she was accused of sorcery?

5. What was Aziza's story?

6. What tape that Lila recorded did most people want to hear again and again?

7. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

8. When were ghinnawas sung at weddings?

9. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

10. Why are analogies drawn in poetry between the poet and young children?

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