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title: Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wif… — the lesson's questions with trees and pragmatics · Books
description: The 16 test and exam questions of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school, each with its options, Mova's choice and the right answer, every sentence with its dependency tree and pr
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# Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold

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The 16 questions of lesson 707 «Eastern Tales, Abu Nowas, part 47: Abu Nowas fakes his wife's death and tricks the Sultan out of gold» of the books course of Mova's primary school with their options, 80 sentences, every one parsed by Mova with its syntax tree and pragmatics. How the student did on them: [the lesson at school](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/school-run/books/707-pg2435-part47/).

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- [t1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t1/) — yo, did Abu Nowas really rub pepper in his eyes just to fake crying? — right ✓ · ★
- [t2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t2/) — so the Sultan just handed over a hundred gold pieces like that? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t3/) — wait, why did the wife have to wear sackcloth? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t4/) — bruv, what did Subida do when the wife turned up? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t5](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t5/) — ain't it dead funny the Sultan and Subida argued over who was dead? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t6](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t6/) — how did the wife pretend to be dead when the porter came? — right ✓ · ★
- [t7](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t7/) — did the chamberlain see Abu Nowas lying there? — right ✓ · ★
- [t8](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t8/) — why did Abu Nowas sit up at the end? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t9](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t9/) — so Abu Nowas got the gold in the end, yeah? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t10](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t10/) — what's the honey tale about then? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t11](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t11/) — why did the wife in the honey tale turn her nose up? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [t12](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/t12/) — what's your fave bit of the whole story then? — wrong ✗ · ★
- [e1](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/e1/) — Which device does Abu Nowas employ to induce the Sultan to bestow money upon him? — right ✓ · exam
- [e2](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/e2/) — By what means does the wife ensure that the Sultana believes her account of the death? — right ✓ · exam
- [e3](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/e3/) — What is the principal outcome of the Sultan's inquiry into the identity of the deceased? — wrong ✗ · exam
- [e4](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/questions/books/707-pg2435-part47/e4/) — What does the new tale concern, in its opening lines? — wrong ✗ · exam

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