The Thousand and One Nights

Question 1

Written when, by whom?

Answer 1

c. 1400 AD by unknown authors

Question 2

Where does the story come from?

Answer 2

All over the world, but especially Iran

Question 3

The Thousand and One Nights is a

Answer 3

Framed Narrative

Question 4

Shahrazad plays the

Answer 4

intellectual hero, stops Shahryar’s genocidal tirade

Question 5

Dinarzad

Answer 5

prompts Shahrazad for her stories, insurance policy so Shahryar doesn’t kill her