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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. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?
(a) Life.
(b) Man.
(c) God.
(d) Brain.

2. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?
(a) Giving up his wealth.
(b) Leaving his family.
(c) The deaths of many birds on the journey.
(d) Giving up his home.

3. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?
(a) Earthly treasures.
(b) Excuses.
(c) Empty promises.
(d) Falsehoods.

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

5. What did the living people begin to do as death filled the roads during the Egyptian famine?
(a) Cannibalize.
(b) Leave the town.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Rob the king's vaults.

Short Answer Questions

1. What were the birds told, by the hoopoe, to expect to plunge themselves into upon entering the Valley of Love?

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

3. What did the "faithless Moslem" and the "faithful infidel" stop at points during their fighting to do?

4. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.

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

(see the answer key)

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