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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 zonnar represent?
(a) The wearer committed heresy.
(b) The wearer committed murder.
(c) The wearer committed adultry.
(d) The wearer was a thief.

2. What did the hoopoe say must be empty for the heart to purify itself in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Souls.
(b) Hands.
(c) Selfs.
(d) Minds.

3. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Truth's valley.
(b) Wisdom's sea.
(c) Indecision's prairie.
(d) Fear's peak.

4. While the hoopoe was telling the birds about the Way, he said he was blessed by_______________.
(a) David.
(b) God.
(c) Abraham.
(d) King Solomon.

5. What was the fifth valley that the birds had to cross?
(a) Awe.
(b) Unity.
(c) Nothingness.
(d) Detachment.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?

2. What did everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?

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

4. What did Shiekh Noughani ask for from God after seven days had passed during his trip to Neishaspour?

5. How many valleys did the birds have to cross to find the Simorgh?

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