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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 did the "narrator" (the hoopoe) compare the beggar to in the story "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz"?
(a) A gnat.
(b) A polo-ball.
(c) An ant.
(d) A donkey.

2. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.
(a) A mouse.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A rabbit.

3. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?
(a) David.
(b) Lazarus.
(c) The son of God.
(d) Jonah.

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."
(a) If you are brave, dress brave.
(b) Be true to yourself.
(c) Hide who you really are.
(d) Pretending is okay with God.

5. How much timed had passed by the time the birds had reached the mountains of the Simorgh?
(a) Two hundred years.
(b) Ten years.
(c) A lifetime.
(d) A hundred years.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What did the "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?

4. What does "si" mean?

5. What was the "fruit " of love's great tree?

(see the answer key)

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