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

2. What object did Joseph strike when he addressed his brothers about selling him into slavery?
(a) A throne.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A staff.
(d) A bell.

3. What did the poor man, who lived in a drainage ditch, borrow from his rich neighbor to ride to the mill?
(a) A horse.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A goat.
(d) A camel.

4. What happened to the beggar at the end of "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz"?
(a) He was banished from the city.
(b) He married Ayaz.
(c) He died.
(d) He was arrested.

5. What were the birds told, by the hoopoe, to expect to plunge themselves into upon entering the Valley of Love?
(a) Caves of darkness.
(b) A valley of winds.
(c) Seas of fire.
(d) Rivers of ice.

Short Answer Questions

1. What would deprive the birds of everything in the Valley of the Quest?

2. What happened to the fisherboy's father?

3. What kind of animal blood did Joseph's brothers stain his cloak with when they threw him in the well?

4. What was the second test of the journey to find the Simorgh?

5. What did Shah Mahmoud throw onto the heap nearest to his mount?

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