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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 was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?
(a) Purple.
(b) Green.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

2. The peasant in the desert compared a man who does not seek to ___________.
(a) A rock.
(b) A wall.
(c) A blinded owl.
(d) A deaf bat.

3. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?
(a) A dog that sleeps and feeds.
(b) An elephant stuck in the mud.
(c) A snake on ice.
(d) A rat swollen by gorging.

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

5. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?
(a) All desires and trust in God.
(b) All hope and dreams for the future.
(c) All claims and lust for meaning.
(d) All faith and feeling.

Short Answer Questions

1. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?

2. What did the duck claim to be as part of his excuse as to why he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

3. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.

4. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?

5. Why did the Indian King tell Mahmoud that he was crying?

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