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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 turtle-dove wear around his neck?
(a) A ring of loyalty.
(b) All the colors of the rainbow.
(c) A mark of Cain.
(d) A circle of light.

2. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?
(a) Mystics.
(b) Sheikhs.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Romans.

3. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A dog.
(d) A mouse.

4. What did the "cowardly bird" say would happen the first time the birds stopped for a rest during the journey?
(a) He would turn around.
(b) He would give up.
(c) He would never stop.
(d) He would drop dead.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?

3. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?

4. Where did the finch say that he would seek his loved one at?

5. According to the hoopoe, what is it better to suffer with than to live a life in shame?

(see the answer key)

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