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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 213-229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What way did pilgrims take when they entered the Valley of Insight into Mystery?
(a) All different ways.
(b) The low path.
(c) The high path.
(d) The path less trodden.

2. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?
(a) A slave of Bayazid and Tarmazi.
(b) The son of Tarmazi.
(c) A master of the Way.
(d) The son of Bayazid.

3. What did the hoopoe tell the birds that the journey required?
(a) A follower's heart.
(b) A lion's heart.
(c) A beggar's heart.
(d) A fool's heart.

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

5. The peasant in the desert compared a man who does not seek to ___________.
(a) A wall.
(b) A deaf bat.
(c) A blinded owl.
(d) A rock.

Short Answer Questions

1. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.

2. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?

3. What did Shah Mahmoud throw onto the heap nearest to his mount?

4. What did desire destroy in the king who loved the "beauteous youth"?

5. What leader claimed that he was the lord to his people and the people ignored his claims?

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