Rookie Party: The Arabian Nights
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Here are some questions for you to warm up the coming annual Rookie party. Welcome and have fun!
- 1.How does Shahryar’s first wife betray him ?
- A.
She tries to assassinate Shahryar
- B.
She’s found in bed with the palace cook
- C.
She has an affair with a slave
- D.
She plots a coup with Shahryar’s brother
- 2.Why does Scheherazade tell stories for one thousand and one nights?
- A.
To prevent her husband from executing her
- B.
To stop a genie from killing her husband
- C.
To aid her husband, an insomniac, get to sleep
- D.
To entertain her children
- 3.Who tells the story of "The Ass, the Ox, and the Labourer?"
- A.
Scheherazade
- B.
Vizier Ja'afar
- C.
The Barber of Baghdad
- D.
Scheherazade’s father
- 4.In which of these stories does Harun al-Rashid not appear?
- A.
The Porter and the Three Ladies of Baghdad
- B.
The Sleeper and the Walker
- C.
The Tale of the Three Apples
- D.
The Tale of Nur Al-Din Ali and his son Badr Al-Din Hasan
- 5.Who does Sinbad the Sailor tell the story of his voyages to?
- A.
The Caliph of Baghdad
- B.
Shahryar
- C.
Sinbad’s long lost son
- D.
Sinbad the Porter
- 6.“The Fisherman and the Genie” and “The Merchant and the Genie” are different names for the same story?
- A.
True
- B.
False
- 7.Who does the Barber of Baghdad tell stories about?
- A.
His wife
- B.
His brothers
- C.
His parents
- D.
Himself
- 8.In “The Ebony Horse” what power does the said horse have?
- A.
It can grant wishes
- B.
It can fly
- C.
It can see the future
- D.
It’s just an ornament
- 9.At the end of the one thousand and one nights, how many children have Shahryar and Scheherazade had together?
- A.
0
- B.
2
- C.
1
- D.
3
- 10.In “Nur Al-Din Ali and his son Badr Al-Din Hasan” how does Hasan’s mother recognise him?
- A.
She sees his face
- B.
She tastes a cake that he’s made
- C.
She reads his handwriting
- D.
She hears his voice
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