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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 did the man, who refused to drink, refuse to drink?
(a) Water.
(b) Ale.
(c) Wine.
(d) Sweet sherbet.

2. What did the "narrator" (the hoopoe) compare the beggar to in the story "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz"?
(a) A polo-ball.
(b) A gnat.
(c) A donkey.
(d) An ant.

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

4. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Remove the dirt from his feathers.
(b) Clean himself and his nest.
(c) Wipe off his back.
(d) Keep his head down.

5. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?
(a) Nimrod.
(b) David.
(c) Goliath.
(d) Moses.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?

2. Why did the Indian King tell Mahmoud that he was crying?

3. What object struck the naked madman on the head as he was looking for shelter from the cold?

4. What was the "fruit " of love's great tree?

5. What price did Ibrahim Adham pay for poverty?

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