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Al-Hakam, probably the best scholar among Moslem caliphs, personally _________ several of these books |
- A. used
- B. destroyed
- C. sold
- D. tore
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2 |
With his ______ year old brother, Abd-al-Rahman dashed into the river |
- A. Nine
- B. Eleven
- C. Seven
- D. Thirteen
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3 |
Dutch scholar Dozy declared that nearly everyone could............... and write. |
- A. Sing
- B. Read
- C. Sew
- D. Cook
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4 |
His maternal uncles were Berbers from the district of North ______ |
- A. Carolina
- B. Europe
- C. Africa
- D. Australia
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5 |
Thanks to Allah for having placed the ______ between us and such a foe |
- A. Rock
- B. Wall
- C. Sea
- D. Forest
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6 |
Besides the great mosque the capital could already boast a bridge over the river _________ |
- A. Danube
- B. Rhine
- C. Guadalquivir
- D. Thames
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7 |
The writer of the essay The Jewel of the World is |
- A. Philp K. Hitti
- B. Jafferson
- C. Darrel Barnard
- D. Jerome K. Jerome
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8 |
with its forest of stately........................ and its spacious outer court, it has survived to the present day. |
- A. Rooms
- B. Roots
- C. Floors
- D. Columns
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9 |
The abbasid Caliph i Baghdad appointed a governor of Spin to ............ his rule |
- A. Contact
- B. Accept
- C. Contest
- D. Context
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10 |
In Al-Zahra the caliph surrounded himself with a bodyguard of ________ which numbered 3750 |
- A. slaves
- B. women
- C. masons
- D. labourers
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