The Arabian Nights Quiz

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Questions 1-5 of 50:

1.

Why does the sweep have to hide in a closet? (from Chapter 12, The Sweep and the Noble Lady)

She wants him to watch her undress as though she doesn't know he is in the house.

He waits while she has his dirty clothes washed.

Her husband returns from a trip.

He mistakes it for the bathroom.

2.

What joke is played on the Caliph? (from Chapter 26, The Sleeper and the Waker)

He convinces the Caliph that the Lady Zubaydah is dead.

He puts bhang in the Caliph's cup.

He ties the Caliph's shoe laces together.

Abu al-Hasan-al-Khali'a pretends to be dead and then suddenly sits up.

3.

What social blunder does Abu Hasan make? (from Chapter 17, How Abu Hasan Broke Wind)

He runs out of food and wine.

He loudly breaks wind.

He seats the Caliph at a table for low ranking people.

He does not wear proper clothes.

4.

In the story of The Lady And Her Five Suitors, what do the men do after being freed? (from Chapter 21, The Lady and Her Five Suitors)

Become close friends under Allah.

Embarrassingly laugh at one another.

Fight with each other and go home.

Kill each other.

5.

Why does Ma'aruf return with Kunafah sweetened with cane sugar syrup? (from Chapter 29, Ma'aruf the Cobbler and His Wife Fatimah)

He forgets to tell the baker to put honey on the Kunafah.

He does not notice the difference.

The baker who gives the cakes to him is out of honey.

He thinks Fatimah will like the cane syrup better.

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