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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. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.
(a) In his soul.
(b) In his stomach.
(c) In his body.
(d) In his heart.

2. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In constant hunger.
(b) In self-communing dreams.
(c) In waking dreams.
(d) In constant fear.

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

4. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?
(a) It was bitter.
(b) It was rotten.
(c) It was worm-filled.
(d) It was hard.

5. Where did the finch say that he would seek his loved one at?
(a) A well.
(b) A cave.
(c) A tree.
(d) The sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?

2. What did the turtle-dove wear around his neck?

3. Why did the lover lay in exhaustion and sleep in "The Lover Who Slept"?

4. What did Abbasseh say that the Self must choose between?

5. What did Joseph tell his brothers they had to do to get the bread they needed?

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