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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 120-166.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?
(a) Only those who do not sin.
(b) Only those whom have seen the light of God.
(c) All sinners.
(d) Only those whom have accepted him.

2. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?
(a) Empty promises.
(b) Earthly treasures.
(c) Falsehoods.
(d) Excuses.

3. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?
(a) A beggar.
(b) An owl.
(c) His mystic.
(d) God.

4. Shiekh Sam'an's people left for __________.
(a) Mecca.
(b) The caves of David.
(c) Rau.
(d) The mountains.

5. In what color was the parrot clothed?
(a) Red.
(b) Green.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?

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

3. What did the prisoners hang as decorations to welcome their king back to the capital?

4. What did Abbasseh say that the Self must choose between?

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

(see the answer key)

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