WorksheetsArabian Nights
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 11mins
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
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
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
What did Duban do to heal the king?
Rub ointment on his body
Produce a potion that would heal the leprosy
Cast an incantation that will renew his skin
Ask the king to perspire and take a bath
What caused the death of King Yunan?
Poison from the powder
Curse from the book
Venom on the pages
Magical axe
What is a frame story
A story that has three parts
A story within a story
A story continued after several stories
Stories that make a universe of its own.
What is the common lesson in the stories discussed?
Do unto others what you also want to be done unto you.
Forgive the offenses of one another.
Necessity is the mother of invention
Do not do things that you will eventually regret
True or false: King Sinbad got lost in the forest for trying to catch a deer.
True
False
