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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 166-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the following mean? "But hide a hundred idols with your cloak; If you're a eunuch underneath, don't dress In clothes of high heroic manliness."
(a) If you are brave, dress brave.
(b) Be true to yourself.
(c) Hide who you really are.
(d) Pretending is okay with God.

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

3. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.
(a) Dust.
(b) Debris.
(c) Clay.
(d) Earth.

4. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?
(a) A demon.
(b) A gnat.
(c) An irrational thought.
(d) A worm.

5. What was the fifth valley that the birds had to cross?
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Detachment.
(c) Awe.
(d) Unity.

Short Answer Questions

1. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?

2. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?

3. Who was Uzza?

4. What did the hoopoe have on his head?

5. How did falcons fly when they were distressed, in the Valley of Love?

(see the answer key)

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