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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 29-75.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What advice did the hoopoe give to the goldfinch about earthly claims?
(a) Turn your back on them.
(b) Shut your eyes to them.
(c) Never claim them as your own.
(d) Remember that you will leave them in death.

3. What did the turtle-dove wear around his neck?
(a) A ring of loyalty.
(b) A mark of Cain.
(c) All the colors of the rainbow.
(d) A circle of light.

4. What did the hoopoe tell the partridge that he had to destroy?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Power.
(c) The Self.
(d) Hate.

5. To whom did the hoopoe compare the nightingale?
(a) Athaliah.
(b) David.
(c) Terpsichore.
(d) The choir of Levites.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?

3. What did the hoopoe have on his head?

4. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?

5. According the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?

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