Dreams in Literature

1. In the extract by Naguib Mahfouz, who was the caller at the beginning of the story?

• A) A close friend
• B) The narrator's father
• C) A government official
• D) Shaykh Muharram, his teacher

2. What is the most significant clue in the Naguib Mahfouz story that indicates the event is a dream?

• A) The teacher was wearing a lustrous jubba and caftan.
• B) The teacher's voice was heard over the telephone.
• C) The narrator had attended the teacher's funeral sixty years prior.
• D) The teacher wanted to correct old lessons.

3. Langston Hughes was a prominent leader of which cultural movement?

• A) The Romantic Movement
• B) The Harlem Renaissance
• C) The Beat Generation
• D) The Modernist Movement

4. According to the text, which poet considered other poets to be dreamers?

• A) D.H. Lawrence
• B) Langston Hughes
• C) William Wordsworth
• D) Naguib Mahfouz

5. What is the primary purpose of Shaykh Muharram's visit in the dream narrative?

• A) To reminisce about the old days with his student.
• B) To deliver a folder containing corrected lessons.
• C) To criticize the narrator's current life choices.
• D) To ask for a favor from his former pupil.

6. What was the nationality of the poet Langston Hughes?

• A) English
• B) Egyptian
• C) French
• D) American

7. What fundamental difference does D.H. Lawrence establish between the two types of dreamers?

• A) Night dreamers are passive and their dreams are fleeting, while day dreamers are active and realize their dreams.
• B) Night dreamers are intellectuals, while day dreamers are men of action.
• C) Night dreamers have pleasant dreams, while day dreamers have dangerous ones.
• D) Night dreamers remember their dreams, while day dreamers forget them.