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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 "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Pray.
(c) Sing.
(d) Write.

2. What did God force the angel, who knew his secret about Adam, wear around his neck?
(a) A ring.
(b) A ribbon.
(c) A branding.
(d) A scar.

3. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.
(a) In his heart.
(b) In his stomach.
(c) In his body.
(d) In his soul.

4. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?
(a) Only those whom have seen the light of God.
(b) Only those whom have accepted him.
(c) All sinners.
(d) Only those who do not sin.

5. Why did the lover lay in exhaustion and sleep in "The Lover Who Slept"?
(a) From the darkness he had battled.
(b) From the deep hunger he felt.
(c) From the tears he wept.
(d) From the broken heart he had.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the asking price for Jacob?

2. What did the man who swept the streets, whom received the trinket from Shah Mahmoud, say he would do until the day he died?

3. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?

4. Why did the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" act like a drunkard?

5. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?

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