Characters
Quotes
Themes
Key points
History
100

Who is King Shahzaman's brother?

Who is Shahrayar?

100

"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?

100

Who tells Shahrayar a new story every night and leaves him in suspense to spare her life?

Who is Shahrazad?
100

Why does Shahrayar want all of the women executed?

He believes that no other woman can ever be faithful

100

Who rules over India?

Who is King Shahrayar?

200

After learning his wife was cheating on him, he starts marrying other women and killing them (pg 932)

Who is King Shahrayar?

200

"I am no longer alone in my misery; I am well."

Who is Shahzaman?

200
What was the first story Shahrazad told?

What is the merchant and the demon?

200

How many nights pass before the King changes his plan and doesn't want to kill Shahrazad?

What is 1,001 nights?

200

Where did these stories originate?

What is Central Asia?

300

Who kills the demon's son?

Who is the merchant?

300

"Father, you must give me to him, even if he kills me."

Who is Shahrazad?

300

What token does the mistress demand after she forces the men to sleep with her?

What is the rings?

300

What is Shahrazad's greatest strength?

What is storytelling?

300

Around which time period did most of these stories originate?

What is 700 A.D.?

400

Who asks for the stories to keep Shahrazad alive?

Who is Dinarzad?

400

"Please, sister, if you are not sleepy, tell us one of your little tales."

Who is Dinarzad?

400

Why does Shahrazad want to be with King Shahrayar?

To distract the King and put an end to the murders

400

Who killed Shahrayar's wife upon his request?

Who is the vizier?

400

Who rules over Samarkand?

Who is King Shahzaman?

500

Who were the viziers daughters?

Who is Shahrazad and Dinarzad?

500

"There is not a single chaste woman anywhere on the entire face of the earth."

Who is Shahrayar?

500

Why did King Shahrayar not kill Shahrazad?

He wanted to find out the end of the stories

500

Why is, "But this story is not as strange or as amazing as the story of the fisherman" important?

To show how Shahrazad would keep the storytelling going so the King would want more.
500

What was the story originally called?

What is "thousand stories"?

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