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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 120-166.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?
(a) It was worm-filled.
(b) It was bitter.
(c) It was hard.
(d) It was rotten.

2. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?
(a) Simorgh.
(b) God.
(c) Love.
(d) The hoopoe.

3. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In constant hunger.
(b) In self-communing dreams.
(c) In constant fear.
(d) In waking dreams.

4. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?
(a) He forgot about his path.
(b) He lost his faith.
(c) He broke his tie to the Simorgh.
(d) He lost his true love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?

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

3. To what did the "fool of God" compare the world?

4. What did the "fool of God" claim would happen to those whose souls did not have feathers?

5. What is the name of the scholar's task that describes the process of determining the actions/sayings of the Prophet Mohammad to be genuine?

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