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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. Whom did the hoopoe say the peacock had to crush?
(a) The lizard.
(b) The snake.
(c) Pride.
(d) The grape.

2. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?
(a) Leaving his family.
(b) Giving up his wealth.
(c) The deaths of many birds on the journey.
(d) Giving up his home.

3. 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?
(a) The happiest bird.
(b) The poorest bird.
(c) The most misunderstood bird.
(d) The purest bird.

4. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?
(a) All faith and feeling.
(b) All claims and lust for meaning.
(c) All desires and trust in God.
(d) All hope and dreams for the future.

5. How many years did it take for the birds to have their Selves restored to them?
(a) A hundred thousand centuries.
(b) A century.
(c) Ten centuries.
(d) A thousand years.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?

2. How did the king honor the fisherboy's friendship?

3. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.

4. What did the man, who refused to drink, refuse to drink?

5. The bird that burned with aspiration said his soul was devoured by_________.

(see the answer key)

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