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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. During what occasion did Lila hear men sing in public?
2. Why did Aziza not remarry?
3. What was the year when the Haj had his first romance?
4. What type of occasions would elders avoid so as not to hear ghinnawas publicly sung?
5. How was the ghinnawa divisible?
Short Essay Questions
1. In bereavement, how did the Awlad 'Ali express their sentiments?
2. Why did Mabruka refuse to attend the wedding when her husband married a second wife?
3. Why wasn't the Haj allowed to marry a girl he loved when he was 17?
4. When did the Awlad 'Ali learn to attribute blame when something happened?
5. How does poetry cloak statements?
6. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?
7. What are the costs of arranged marriages?
8. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?
9. How is the threat of sexuality to the Bedouin system dealt with?
10. What did Lila mean when she used the word discourse?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Using examples from the book, discuss why the red belts and black veils are symbols that relate to the Awlad 'Ali view of how women associate with sexuality.
Essay Topic 2
Discuss the structure and form of Awlad 'Ali poetry, the ghinnawa.
Essay Topic 3
Discuss the natural reasons that exist for a belief in female moral inferiority in a Bedouin society, use examples from the book.
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