Question

Read this excerpt below and answer the question.She walked before him until she stopped at the door of a house, and when she knocked, an old Christian came down, received a dinar from her and handed her an olive green jug of wine. She placed the jug in the basket and said, “Porter, take your basket and follow me.”
Based on the context in which it is used, what does the word dinar most likely mean in this excerpt from The 1001 Nights?
A.a type of sweet
B.a type of flower
C.a type of money
D.a type of perfume

Answer 1

"The 1001 Nights" is a collection of stories from Middle East and South Asia. This includes "The Arabian Nights". In the excerpt above, Literally, a dinar is a monetary currency of those in the Middle East. As it is used in the context, this most likely mean a type of money. The answer is C.

Answer 2

The answer is: C.a type of money

The 1001 Nights is a fictional story located in Harun's magnificent court, he made part of several stories related there, in this except the dinar that she gives in exchange of the jug of wine was a Gold dinar of Harun al-Rashid a local currency of the time.