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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. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?
(a) Bread.
(b) Flour.
(c) Honey.
(d) Milk.

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

3. How many children were in the family of the fisherboy?
(a) Ten.
(b) Twelve.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eleven.

4. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?
(a) The sun.
(b) The moon.
(c) His love.
(d) The night.

5. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Purple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?

2. Where did the finch say that he would seek his loved one at?

3. What did the miserly bird claim to love?

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

5. For whom did the hoopoe work as a secret message deliverer?

(see the answer key)

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