Episode 113 Quiz
Welcome to the quiz for Episode 113: ‘Antarah ibn Shaddad. See what you remember about this Pre-Islamic Arabic poet by clicking START, below!
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One of the most distinctive things we noticed in Antarah’s most famous poem was:
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How does Antarah’s poetry describe the experience of coming home after fighting in wars?
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Dahis and al-Ghabra are the names of:
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The “Ayyam al-Arab” were popular during the early caliphates. These texts:
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The war with which Antarah was involved for much of his life started due to:
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Antarah ibn Shaddad’s beloved (at least according to later traditions) was called:
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The most famous form of Jahili poetry, this word also more generically just means “poem” in contemporary Arabic.
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The first line of Antarah’s Mu’allaqa is:
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In Antarah’s most famous poem, he cheers himself up a bit by describing and musing on his:
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In the episode, we explored a long simile in Antarah’s Mu’allaqa that ends with:
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Antarah ibn Shaddad was at work around:
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In the episode, we considered how the Qurayshite dialect prevelent in Jahili poetry might be due to:
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Which of the following is NOT true about the medieval Antarah epic?
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Why did some Islamic exegetes enjoy Jahili poetry?
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