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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?
(a) The Muse.
(b) The Prophet.
(c) Hate.
(d) Pride.

2. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?
(a) God.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) Moses.
(d) Goliath.

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

4. What did the hoopoe say the quest was for?
(a) Truth.
(b) Hope.
(c) Power.
(d) Love.

5. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?
(a) David.
(b) The son of God.
(c) Lazarus.
(d) Jonah.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?

3. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?

4. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?

5. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did the hoopoe define a lover while he was advising the birds?

2. What did the birds decide they needed in a leader?

3. What did the birds ask the hoopoe about regarding the Way?

4. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?

5. Why did a "cowardly bird" protest going on the quest for the Simorgh?

6. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

7. Why did the birds decide that they needed a king?

8. How did Abbasseh describe the Self?

9. What did Socrates say to his student about burying him?

10. What reason did the nightingale give for not wanting to go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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