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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 75-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Wisdom's sea.
(b) Truth's valley.
(c) Indecision's prairie.
(d) Fear's peak.

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

3. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?
(a) Lust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Pride.
(d) Shame.

4. What did God tell Shiekh Noughani to do in Neishaspour to find a grain of gold?
(a) Follow the white horse of the king.
(b) Find the man in red and inquire about a room.
(c) Sweep the main square.
(d) Clean the horse stalls.

5. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?
(a) Italy.
(b) Rome.
(c) The mountains.
(d) In Eden.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. On what mountain peak did the Simorgh live?

3. 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."

4. What did the hoopoe have on his head?

5. Right before leaving on their journey, what did the birds do?

(see the answer key)

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