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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. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?
(a) To glorify the king.
(b) To insure that the birds create their own path.
(c) To make the journey as hard as possible.
(d) To allow those on the journey to choose their own path.

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

3. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.
(a) Earth.
(b) Clay.
(c) Debris.
(d) Dust.

4. Why did the lover want to kill his beloved?
(a) She was very ill.
(b) She had been banished by her tribe.
(c) She loved another man.
(d) She had been disowned by her family.

5. Who was Majnoun searching for in the dust of the highway?
(a) Jehoel.
(b) Haniel.
(c) Nisroc.
(d) Leili.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe tell the birds that the journey required?

2. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?

3. How did Majnoun disguise himself to approach the campground?

4. According to the hoopoe, what does one need to destroy to be able to approach the light?

5. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?

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