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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. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Wisdom's sea.
(b) Truth's valley.
(c) Indecision's prairie.
(d) Fear's peak.

2. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?
(a) The son of Bayazid.
(b) The son of Tarmazi.
(c) A master of the Way.
(d) A slave of Bayazid and Tarmazi.

3. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?
(a) A kiwi.
(b) A grape.
(c) A pear.
(d) An apple.

4. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?
(a) Adam.
(b) Abel.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Jesus.

5. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?
(a) Pride.
(b) Self.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?

2. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?

3. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?

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

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

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