Muslim Spain

Question 1

————— was the single most
famous poet in the history of al-Andalus and he
is also considered to be one of its most original.

Answer 1

Ibn Quzman

Question 2

Ibn Quzman was born and died in ———- during the
reign of the ————, but seemingly spent
most of his time in——–.

Answer 2

Cordoba
Al Moravids
Seville

Question 3

Ibn Quzman has earned his

fame by his ——–.

Answer 3

zajals

Question 4

Characteristic of the zajal or
zejel is its ———- language, as well as a
typical ——— scheme

Answer 4

colloquial

rhyming

Question 5

Andalusia was first in giving recognition to

two non-classical verse forms: ——— and ———

Answer 5

the muwashshaḥ

the zajal.

Question 6

——— is a traditional form of oral strophic poetry

in a colloquial dialect.

Answer 6

zajal

Question 7

The origin of zajal is ————–

Answer 7

Pre Islamic Arabia

Question 8

———– was famous of

zajal at that time

Answer 8

al-Khansa’

Question 9

Zajal is semi——— and
semi—— and is often performed in the format
of a debate between ——— (poets who
improvise the zajal).

Answer 9

improvised
sung
zajjalin

Question 10

Zajal is usually accompanied
by percussive ———- ———- and a chorus
of — who sing parts of the verse.

Answer 10

musical instruments

men

Question 11

The muwashshah is written in ———- Arabic, and

its subjects are those of Classical Arabic poetry : ——-, ——-, ——— ——-

Answer 11

Classical
love
wine
court figures

Question 12

Muwashshah sharply differs in form,
however, from classical poetry, in which each verse
is divided into —– metric halves and a —— rhyme
recurs at the end of each verse.

Answer 12

two

single

Question 13

The muwashshah is

usually divided into —— strophes, or stanzas.

Answer 13

five

Question 14

Muwashshah is
usually written in ———- Arabic or in the
———- ———- dialect

Answer 14

vernacular

Spanish Mozarabic

Question 15

Muwashshah is normally rendered
in the voice of a —– and expresses her longing for
her——— ——-

Answer 15

girl

absent lover

Question 16

Among the muwashshah practitioners are : ———– and ———–

Answer 16

al- Tutaili

Lisan al-Din ibn al-Khatib

Question 17

Arabic folk —– are original and individual, with marked
variations in ——- and ——-, although keeping
the general epic features common to all.

Answer 17

epics
theme
resolutions

Question 18

and —— are the main topics of epic, but there are also —– and
great ———— and —————

Answer 18

adventure
love
wars
feats of courage
moral integrity

Question 19

Epics are still narrated in the
cafés of some old Arabian cities, such as ———–, and
in villages and in the less-modernized habitats of the
——– world

Answer 19

Damascus

arabic

Question 20

Epics are also found in many of the libraries

housing ——– manuscripts

Answer 20

oriental

Question 21

Sira is divided into: ———- and ———–

Answer 21

entire tribe :Sirat Banu Hilal

individual: Sirat Antara

Question 22

The most famous of these folk epics ( or romances) are:

Answer 22

The Epic of ʿ Antara ibn Shaddad
The famous Hilali epic, Sirat Bani Hilal,
The Epic of Princess Dhat al-Himma
The Epic of al- Dhahir Baibars:

Question 23

The Epic of al- Dhahir Baibars: long
———– folkloric epic poem that narrates the life and heroic
achievements of the Mamluk Sultan ————– .

Answer 23

egyptian

al-Zahir Baibars .

Question 24

Which folk epic offers a typology of

the warrior woman in the Arabic epic.

Answer 24

The Epic of Princess Dhat al-Himma

Question 25

Which folk epic has around 4000 pages?

Answer 25

The Epic of ʿ Antara ibn Shaddad

Question 26

The famous Hilali epic, Sirat Bani Hilal, which has two
major renditions: a prose rendition of about —–
pages, and a poetry rendition collected and recorded by
the poet ʿ—————– and constituting a
quarter of a million poetry quartets

Answer 26

2000

Abd al-Rahman al-Abnudi

Question 27

ʿAntara, a ——
poet of note in the ———— period who was
the son of a notable Arab from the ————- tribe and an ————- slave mother and
who was himself regarded as a slave by his
father.

Answer 27

black
pre islamic
southern ʿAbs
Abyssinian

Question 28

The story is dramatic enough in its own
right, with ʿAntara’s desperate love for ——-,
his —— cousin, and his feats of courage in
defense of the tribe, which procured his
——— and ——— to his love.

Answer 28

Abla
white
emancipation
marriage

Question 29

And unique in pre-modern Arabic literature is a

philosophical romance by ——–

Answer 29

Ibn Ṭufayl

Question 30

Ibn Tufayl who took a folk story about a child brought up by a
gazelle on a desert island and developed it into a well sustained fictional narrative in which the eponymous
hero, —————–,
“Alive son of Awake,” gradually
discovers the ultimate truth, entirely by the exercise of
his natural ——–, and eventually establishes that his
conclusion is identical with ——– revelation as
understood not by the common people but by the elite.

Answer 30

Ḥayy b. Yaqẓān
faculties
Qurʾānic

Question 31

Reading excerpts from the philosophical novel of Ibn Tufayl will prepare you for
understanding an overarching theme in Islamic philosophy
which is the relation between ——- and ———.

Answer 31

reason

revelation