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

2. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."
(a) Moses' writings.
(b) The writings of the Simorah.
(c) Bible.
(d) Koran.

3. In what color was the parrot clothed?
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Green.

4. What did the poor man, who lived in a drainage ditch, borrow from his rich neighbor to ride to the mill?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A camel.
(c) A goat.
(d) A horse.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of voice spoke to the "faithless Molsem" from heaven?

3. What did the hoopoe wear on his breast?

4. What quote, from the Koran, did the voice from heaven remind the "faithless Moslem" about?

5. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?

(see the answer key)

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