Arabian Nights

Where do the stories within "One Thousand and One Nights" come from?

• It comes from folk tales and fairy tales from India, Egypt, and Iraq

• It was written by the Arabian author Al-Akhtal

• It was gathered together and published by a British writer

• It is based on a series of Disney cartoons

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True or False - the three most popular characters from Arabian Nights are Aladdin, Sinbad the Sailor, and Lawerence of Arabia

• True

• False

In the frame tale, why does King Shahrayar decide that he will marry every evening and then kill his bride the following sunrise?

• He is a drunk who can not control his rage.

• He killed his wife because she was unfaithful and now believes all women are untrue and wicked

• He was a bet with a neighboring king over who can have the most wives.

• He is following in the tradition of his father.

Why does Scheherazade agree to marry the king?

• No one else in the kingdom will marry her, and she wants to end her life.

• Despite his madness, she is in love with him and has been in love with him since they were children.

• She wants to protect the women of her country and help him gain back his sanity to be a great king once again.

• Her father orders her to marry him.

What is Scheherazade's plan?

• She plans to kill him first with a knife she keeps concealed in the bodice of her dress.

• She will tells him intriguing stories, ending each night with a cliffhanger, to teach him lessons.

• She will blackmail him into letting her live because she knows a secret about his first wife that would ruin the king

• She will read passages from the Koran to him to save his soul.

True or False - In the West, the Arabian Nights are commonly read as children's stories while in parts of the Middle East, Arabian Nights is often banned because of it's inappropriate content.

• True

• False

True or False - In all versions of Arabian Nights, King Shahrayar pardons his wife, Scheherazade, and lets her live.

• True

• False

Which word would best describe the fisherman in the story?

• Just/fair
• Foolish
• Prodigious
• Perfidious

How does the fisherman finally manage to trick the jinnee?

• He wishes for the jinnee to go back into the bottle
• The fisherman does not get the jinnee to go back into the bottle
• He asks the jinnee to demonstrate how he can fit into the bottle

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The stories in A Thousand and One Nights are mostly written and collected during...

• The Byzantine Empire

• The Ottoman Empire

• Islamic Golden Age

• Siege of Baghdad