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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. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?
(a) Nimrod.
(b) Goliath.
(c) David.
(d) Moses.

2. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Wisdom's sea.
(b) Indecision's prairie.
(c) Truth's valley.
(d) Fear's peak.

3. Why did the nightingale claim that he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

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

5. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?
(a) To allow those on the journey to choose their own path.
(b) To make the journey as hard as possible.
(c) To insure that the birds create their own path.
(d) To glorify the king.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe say the quest was for?

2. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?

3. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?

4. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?

5. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?

(see the answer key)

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