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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 miserly bird claim to love?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Pride.
(c) Gold.
(d) Misery.

2. 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."
(a) Hide who you really are.
(b) Be true to yourself.
(c) If you are brave, dress brave.
(d) Pretending is okay with God.

3. Where did the finch say that he would seek his loved one at?
(a) A well.
(b) A tree.
(c) A cave.
(d) The sky.

4. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.
(a) In his body.
(b) In his heart.
(c) In his stomach.
(d) In his soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."

2. What object struck the naked madman on the head as he was looking for shelter from the cold?

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

4. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?

5. What did the duck claim to be as part of his excuse as to why he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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