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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 allow those on the journey to choose their own path.
(d) To make the journey as hard as possible.

2. What did everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?
(a) Be kind to him.
(b) Criticize him.
(c) Honor him.
(d) Praise him.

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

4. How did the bird who questioned the hoopoe about the length of the journey describe the other birds?
(a) As weak.
(b) As faithless.
(c) As ignorant.
(d) As blind.

5. What did Shah Mahmoud throw onto the heap nearest to his mount?
(a) A coin.
(b) A ruby.
(c) A bracelet.
(d) A ring.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the Indian King tell Mahmoud that he was crying?

2. Who did the judge say must pay for the murdered animal that the rich neighbor lent to the poor man, given the poor man could not pay for the animal (it died while he was borrowing it)?

3. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?

4. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?

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

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