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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. Where did Sheikh Ghouri take refuge at when he met a "group of crazy fools"?
(a) Under a bridge.
(b) In a cave.
(c) At a market under a collection of tables.
(d) In an abandoned tent.

2. What did the man, who refused to drink, refuse to drink?
(a) Wine.
(b) Water.
(c) Ale.
(d) Sweet sherbet.

3. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."
(a) Bible.
(b) The writings of the Simorah.
(c) Moses' writings.
(d) Koran.

4. What did the "faithless Moslem" and the "faithful infidel" stop at points during their fighting to do?
(a) Rest.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Pray.
(d) Eat.

5. Whom did the hoopoe say the peacock had to crush?
(a) Pride.
(b) The grape.
(c) The lizard.
(d) The snake.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the metaphor based upon the following tenet: "When my exchequer has no love to give"?

2. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?

3. According to the hoopoe, how must man enter and leave the world?

4. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?

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

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