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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. How long after Fayga's marriage did the household notice the first hints she was unhappy with her marriage?

2. At what age did Awlad 'Ali boys marry?

3. What did the Awlad 'Ali believe should be evoked by beautiful poetry?

4. When a girl of about seventeen died, who did her family blame?

5. What project did Mabruka refuse to help with because of Rashid's second marriage?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did a niece describe how she found the body of her aunt, after the old woman died suddenly?

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

3. Why was Lila rarely able to tape-record anything when she was in the field?

4. What are the costs of arranged marriages?

5. Are ghinnawas a traditional form?

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

7. With whom are poems shared?

8. After hearing so much about the value of hasham, why was Lila shocked to learn about one young woman in the camp?

9. What other groups compose and recite ghinnawas?

10. Why were romances unlikely to result in marriage?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Using examples from the book, discuss how autonomy relates to hierarchy in the Awlad 'Ali society. Define your terms when writing your essay.

Essay Topic 2

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 3

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

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