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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapter 1.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What case studies does El Saadawi study in Egypt?
(a) Cancer.
(b) Education.
(c) Divorce.
(d) Neurosis.

2. How does El Saadawi feel when she meets Firdaus for the first time?
(a) Sad.
(b) Happy.
(c) Nervous.
(d) Angry.

3. Who is Firdaus?
(a) A Syrian woman.
(b) A Lebanese woman.
(c) A Chinese woman.
(d) An Egyptian woman.

4. What job did El Saadawi hold in 1972?
(a) Director of Health Education.
(b) Director of General Hospital.
(c) Teacher.
(d) CEO of MAIN.

5. How does El Saadawi's contact get access for the author in the prison?
(a) As a psychiatrist.
(b) As a friend.
(c) As a guard.
(d) As a lawyer.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is Firdaus in jail?

2. What paperwork does Firdaus refuse to sign in Chapter 1?

3. Where does El Saadawi meet Firdaus?

4. What is El Saadawi's impression of prison?

5. What does the Warden tell El Saadawi in Chapter 1, when she tries to see Firdaus?

(see the answer key)

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