3. As you read… Use the aforementioned chart to help you develop the main idea of the article.

4. OK, so let’s try it: Read the Passage You will have 10 minutes to read the passage and this slide will move forward automatically

5. You will have 60 seconds to answer each of the questions that follow… The slides will move forward by themselves.

6. 1. Each selection from the article suggests that the Mutanabbi market is a reflection of the social and political landscape of Baghdad EXCEPT: AHuman rights activists were passing out their newspaper, Freedom. B“Politics are going to take over our very air!” Nadawi exclaimed, laughing ruefully. C“We see other women, but not too many,” said Sofia Naji, the lawyer, “Some families are conservative and don’t let women go out.” D“Baghdad has a hidden face” that’s difficult to see from afar, he said.

7. 2. Which of the following matters is left uncertain in the article? Athe significance of the Mutanabbi market in Baghdad Bthe age of the Mutanabbi market Cthe types of things found at the Mutanabbi market Dwho the Mutanabbi market was named after

8. Read the introduction from the article. The crowds were so large that we had to approach Mutanabbi Street from the river, coasting across the Tigris in a small wooden motorboat under gray skies. The introduction develops the main idea of the article by: Aestablishing the popularity of the Mutanabbi Street market Bestablishing the importance of the Mutanabbi Street market. Cgiving a setting for the Mutanabbi Street market Dgiving important details about the Mutanabbi Street market

9. Answers

10. 1. Each selection from the article suggests that the Mutanabbi market is a reflection of the social and political landscape of Baghdad EXCEPT: AHuman rights activists were passing out their newspaper, Freedom. B“Politics are going to take over our very air!” Nadawi exclaimed, laughing ruefully. C“We see other women, but not too many,” said Sofia Naji, the lawyer, “Some families are conservative and don’t let women go out.” D“Baghdad has a hidden face” that’s difficult to see from afar, he said.

11. 2. Which of the following matters is left uncertain in the article? Athe significance of the Mutanabbi market in Baghdad Bthe age of the Mutanabbi market Cthe types of things found at the Mutanabbi market Dwho the Mutanabbi market was named after

12. Read the introduction from the article. The crowds were so large that we had to approach Mutanabbi Street from the river, coasting across the Tigris in a small wooden motorboat under gray skies. The introduction develops the main idea of the article by: Aestablishing the popularity of the Mutanabbi Street market Bestablishing the importance of the Mutanabbi Street market. Cgiving a setting for the Mutanabbi Street market Dgiving important details about the Mutanabbi Street market