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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 everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?
(a) Criticize him.
(b) Praise him.
(c) Be kind to him.
(d) Honor him.

2. What did the prisoners hang as decorations to welcome their king back to the capital?
(a) Orange blooms.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Deceased animals.
(d) Severed heads.

3. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?
(a) Nimrod.
(b) David.
(c) Goliath.
(d) Moses.

4. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?
(a) Pride.
(b) Hell.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Fear.

5. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In waking dreams.
(b) In constant fear.
(c) In constant hunger.
(d) In self-communing dreams.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?

2. How many children were in the family of the fisherboy?

3. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.

4. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?

5. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?

(see the answer key)

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