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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. How many starving brothers did Joesph have leave their home to come and stand in his presence and beg for help?
(a) Eight.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Twelve.

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

3. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?
(a) The night.
(b) The moon.
(c) The sun.
(d) His love.

4. What advice did the hoopoe give to the goldfinch about earthly claims?
(a) Remember that you will leave them in death.
(b) Never claim them as your own.
(c) Shut your eyes to them.
(d) Turn your back on them.

5. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?
(a) Moses.
(b) God.
(c) Goliath.
(d) King Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?

2. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?

3. What did the prisoners hang as decorations to welcome their king back to the capital?

4. Whom did the hoopoe say the peacock had to crush?

5. Right before leaving on their journey, what did the birds do?

(see the answer key)

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