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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 213-229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?
(a) The deaths of many birds on the journey.
(b) Giving up his wealth.
(c) Leaving his family.
(d) Giving up his home.

2. What quote, from the Koran, did the voice from heaven remind the "faithless Moslem" about?
(a) "Every soul shall taste death."
(b) "Surely there are signs in this for thinking men."
(c) "Did we not spread the earth like a bed and raise the mountains like pillars?"
(d) "Fulfill your promises."

3. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) His nest.
(b) His homeland.
(c) His partner.
(d) The sea.

4. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?
(a) A beggar.
(b) His mystic.
(c) God.
(d) An owl.

5. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?
(a) Fed the poor.
(b) Fed the birds.
(c) Hoarded the bread.
(d) Carried out the Evil One's commands.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the metaphor based upon the following tenet: "When my exchequer has no love to give"?

2. The bird that burned with aspiration said his soul was devoured by_________.

3. What did the prisoners hang as decorations to welcome their king back to the capital?

4. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."

5. What did the Lord set before the birds' eyes?

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