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Who is King Shahzaman's brother?
Who is Shahrayar?
"You must come down, and if you don't, I shall wake the demon and have him kill you."
Who is the mistress from the meadow?
Who tells Shahrayar a new story every night and leaves him in suspense to spare her life?
Why does Shahrayar want all of the women executed?
He believes that no other woman can ever be faithful
Who rules over India?
Who is King Shahrayar?
After learning his wife was cheating on him, he starts marrying other women and killing them (pg 932)
Who is King Shahrayar?
"I am no longer alone in my misery; I am well."
Who is Shahzaman?
What is the merchant and the demon?
How many nights pass before the King changes his plan and doesn't want to kill Shahrazad?
What is 1,001 nights?
Where did these stories originate?
What is Central Asia?
Who kills the demon's son?
Who is the merchant?
"Father, you must give me to him, even if he kills me."
Who is Shahrazad?
What token does the mistress demand after she forces the men to sleep with her?
What is the rings?
What is Shahrazad's greatest strength?
What is storytelling?
Around which time period did most of these stories originate?
What is 700 A.D.?
Who asks for the stories to keep Shahrazad alive?
Who is Dinarzad?
"Please, sister, if you are not sleepy, tell us one of your little tales."
Who is Dinarzad?
Why does Shahrazad want to be with King Shahrayar?
To distract the King and put an end to the murders
Who killed Shahrayar's wife upon his request?
Who is the vizier?
Who rules over Samarkand?
Who is King Shahzaman?
Who were the viziers daughters?
Who is Shahrazad and Dinarzad?
"There is not a single chaste woman anywhere on the entire face of the earth."
Who is Shahrayar?
Why did King Shahrayar not kill Shahrazad?
He wanted to find out the end of the stories
Why is, "But this story is not as strange or as amazing as the story of the fisherman" important?
What was the story originally called?
What is "thousand stories"?