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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 children were in the family of the fisherboy?
(a) Seven.
(b) Eleven.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Ten.

2. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?
(a) Blue.
(b) Green.
(c) Purple.
(d) Yellow.

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

4. What was the asking price for Jacob?
(a) Five tubs of musk.
(b) Ten camels.
(c) Four horses.
(d) Thirty-five sheep.

5. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?
(a) Only those who do not sin.
(b) Only those whom have seen the light of God.
(c) All sinners.
(d) Only those whom have accepted him.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?

2. What did God tell Shiekh Noughani to do in Neishaspour to find a grain of gold?

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

4. What did the duck claim to be as part of his excuse as to why he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

5. What did Sheikh Ghouri tell Prince Sanjar that he must leave behind if he chose to be the men's enemy?

(see the answer key)

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