1. What symptoms made Shahrayar worry about his brother?
2. What surprising events made Shahzaman recover from his illness?
3. What are the two animals that the vizier tells his daughter, Shahrazad, a story about?
4. Why is the merchant who owns the Ox and the Donkey going to die, according to the story that the vizier tells?
5. In "[The Story of the Merchant and the Demon]" that Shahrazad tells, how does the merchant accidentally anger the demon?
6. Give two details of how the merchant prepares for death while he is at home (before returning to the demon).
7. How does Shahrazad's sister, Dinarzad, help her sister fulfill her plan?
8. The first old man who approaches the demon on behalf of the merchant has a deer with him. Whom did this deer use to be?
9. In the first old man's story, an evil woman turns the man's mistress into a cow. Who is the evil woman who does this?
10. In the first old man's story, a good and wise woman helps him out with her magic. How does she help him out? Tell two things that she does.
11. The second old man who approaches the demon on behalf of the merchant has two dogs with him. Whom did these two dogs use to be?
12. In the second old man's story, was he good to his two brothers or did he treat them badly? Give two details as evidence.
13. In the second old man's story, what are two evil things that his brothers did to him?
14. In the second old man's story, who turned the two evil brothers into dogs?
15. The third old man who approaches the demon on behalf of the merchant has a mule with him. Whom did this mule use to be?
16. In the third old man's story, why did he punish his wife by turning her into a mule?
17. In the third old man's story, who helped the old man punish his wife by turning her into a mule?