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

2. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?
(a) Pride.
(b) The Muse.
(c) The Prophet.
(d) Hate.

3. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Keep his head down.
(b) Clean himself and his nest.
(c) Wipe off his back.
(d) Remove the dirt from his feathers.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the nightingale claim that he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

2. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?

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

4. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?

5. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?

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