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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whose definition did Lila use to define discourse?

2. With whom did Aziza have recurring problems?

3. In an archetypal love story, where did a boy go to get dates?

4. What did the husband of a wife ask her to get rid of after he "left" her for two years?

5. What is the English translation of the phrase used by the Awlad 'Ali that begins the lament to mourn a death?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Lila mean when she used the word discourse?

2. Why did Mabruka refuse to attend the wedding when her husband married a second wife?

3. In bereavement, how did the Awlad 'Ali express their sentiments?

4. Why was poetry gradually disappearing from public ceremonial occasions?

5. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

6. How are ghinnawas linked to romantic love?

7. For the Awlad 'Ali, how does poetry relate to the past?

8. How do the Awlad 'Ali present themselves through their poems?

9. What are the costs of arranged marriages?

10. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the formal and informal checks and balances that exist to stop tyrannical providers. Give examples from the book and use quotes to support your discussion.

Essay Topic 2

Argue whether among the Awlad 'Ali there is a moral basis for social hierarchy or whether social hierarchy is based on externals like age, wealth, or gender. Use examples from the book to support your place.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss why "Veiled Sentiments" could be considered an ethnography. Define ethnography in your essay.

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