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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 75-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened to the fisherboy's father?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He died.
(d) He left the family.

3. According the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?
(a) The history of the Fear.
(b) The color of Truth.
(c) The secrets of the Way.
(d) The power of Pride.

4. For whom did the hoopoe work as a secret message deliverer?
(a) God.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) Abraham.
(d) David.

5. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) He is to proud.
(b) He is too rich.
(c) He is too arrogant.
(d) He is too weak.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?

3. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?

4. What does the following mean? "But hide a hundred idols with your cloak; If you're a eunuch underneath, don't dress In clothes of high heroic manliness."

5. What advice did the hoopoe give to the goldfinch about earthly claims?

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