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Arabian Nights

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    Arabian Nights
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  • Which culture did NOT contribute stories for The Arabian Nights
    Indian
    Middle Eastern
    Japanese
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  • What ultimately happens to the narrator?
    she dies
    her audience falls in love with her
    she passes her stories on to her daughter
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  • Where do the stories within "One Thousand and One Nights" come from?
    folk tales and fairy tales from India and the Middle East
    fables from Africa
    teaching stories from indigenous cultures
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  • Approximately how many stories are in the Arabian Nights?
    985
    384
    156
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  • What is the narrator's reason for telling stories?
    It's her job as a bard.
    She is trying to prevent her husband.
    She is entertaining her children before bed.
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  • The narrator's name is:
    Scheherazade
    Aladdin
    Daniyah
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  • Which is NOT a well known story from Arabian Nights?
    Ali Baba
    Sinbad
    Aladdin
    Lawerence of Arabia
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  • When was it translated into English.
    the late 1800s
    the early 1700s
    the mid 1500s
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  • How does the narrator end her story each evening?
    with a moral or lesson
    on a cliffhanger
    with a question for her audience
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  • What is another name for the book?
    1001 Nights
    Narrating the Nights
    The Tales of Arabia
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  • True or False: In parts of the Middle East, Arabian Nights is often banned because of it's inappropriate content.
    False
    True
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  • What is the format of the book?
    a tragedy
    a story within a story
    a story in 3 parts
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