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

2. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?
(a) Love.
(b) God.
(c) The hoopoe.
(d) Simorgh.

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

4. What did the hoopoe have on his head?
(a) A lion's mane.
(b) A halo.
(c) Truth's crown.
(d) A list of God's wishes.

5. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?
(a) God.
(b) Moses.
(c) King Solomon.
(d) Goliath.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. 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?

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

4. What did the hoopoe wear on his breast?

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

(see the answer key)

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