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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. What did the hoopoe wear on his breast?
(a) A crown of thorns.
(b) A cross.
(c) A nail.
(d) The Spirit's Way.

2. On what mountain peak did the Simorgh live?
(a) Kaf.
(b) Bine.
(c) Zaw.
(d) Pike.

3. Who did the judge say must pay for the murdered animal that the rich neighbor lent to the poor man, given the poor man could not pay for the animal (it died while he was borrowing it)?
(a) The rich man would have to absorb the loss.
(b) God.
(c) The mother of the poor man.
(d) The judge offerd to pay.

4. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?
(a) It was bitter.
(b) It was worm-filled.
(c) It was rotten.
(d) It was hard.

5. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?
(a) The son of Tarmazi.
(b) A master of the Way.
(c) The son of Bayazid.
(d) A slave of Bayazid and Tarmazi.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe tell the birds that the journey required?

2. What did everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?

3. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?

4. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?

5. How many birds gathered around the Hoopoe after he was chosen leader for the journey?

(see the answer key)

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