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

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

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

4. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?
(a) The son of God.
(b) David.
(c) Jonah.
(d) Lazarus.

5. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?
(a) He lost his true love.
(b) He lost his faith.
(c) He forgot about his path.
(d) He broke his tie to the Simorgh.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did Shiekh Noughani ask for from God after seven days had passed during his trip to Neishaspour?

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

4. Why did the "indecisive bird" claim that he could not go on the journey to the Way?

5. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?

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