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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 metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?
(a) A snake on ice.
(b) An elephant stuck in the mud.
(c) A rat swollen by gorging.
(d) A dog that sleeps and feeds.

2. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?
(a) In a field overgrown with wild flowers.
(b) A sexual service of men and boys establishment.
(c) Near the river by the caves.
(d) In a tree.

3. To what did the "fool of God" compare the world?
(a) A strong wind.
(b) A breaking wave.
(c) A hurricane.
(d) A box.

4. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?
(a) All faith and feeling.
(b) All claims and lust for meaning.
(c) All desires and trust in God.
(d) All hope and dreams for the future.

5. To whom did the hoopoe say the Way belonged?
(a) Only the pure and strong.
(b) Only those who survive the journey.
(c) Everyone.
(d) Only those whom accept the Simorgh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?

3. What happened to the beggar at the end of "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz"?

4. What did the dervishes renounce in "The Arab in Persia"?

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

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