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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. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?
(a) All hope and dreams for the future.
(b) All faith and feeling.
(c) All desires and trust in God.
(d) All claims and lust for meaning.

2. Why did the lover want to kill his beloved?
(a) She was very ill.
(b) She had been banished by her tribe.
(c) She had been disowned by her family.
(d) She loved another man.

3. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?
(a) Jonah.
(b) Lazarus.
(c) The son of God.
(d) David.

4. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?
(a) Blood.
(b) The scent of other animals.
(c) Sweet air.
(d) The mixture of the blooms.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the miserly bird claim to love?

2. What did Shiekh Noughani ask for from God after seven days had passed during his trip to Neishaspour?

3. What did the hoopoe say must be empty for the heart to purify itself in the Valley of the Quest?

4. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

5. According to the hoopoe, what does one need to destroy to be able to approach the light?

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