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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 166-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the poor man, who lived in a drainage ditch, borrow from his rich neighbor to ride to the mill?
(a) A horse.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A camel.
(d) A goat.

2. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?
(a) A worm.
(b) A demon.
(c) A gnat.
(d) An irrational thought.

3. Why did the "indecisive bird" claim that he could not go on the journey to the Way?
(a) He was a drunk.
(b) He was "broken."
(c) His family needed him.
(d) He had obligations.

4. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?
(a) Flour.
(b) Honey.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

5. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the second test of the journey to find the Simorgh?

2. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?

3. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.

4. Why did the lover lay in exhaustion and sleep in "The Lover Who Slept"?

5. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?

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