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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 kind of voice spoke to the "faithless Molsem" from heaven?
(a) A warning voice.
(b) An accepting voice.
(c) A promising voice.
(d) A saddened voice.

2. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?
(a) A rat swollen by gorging.
(b) An elephant stuck in the mud.
(c) A snake on ice.
(d) A dog that sleeps and feeds.

3. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) His partner.
(b) His nest.
(c) The sea.
(d) His homeland.

4. What happened to the fisherboy's father?
(a) He was murdered.
(b) He left the family.
(c) He was imprisoned.
(d) He died.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the asking price for Jacob?

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

3. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?

4. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?

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

(see the answer key)

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