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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. Why did the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" act like a drunkard?
(a) To hide his sorrows.
(b) To fake his mental unrest.
(c) To be closer to the Devil.
(d) To be near a boy.

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

3. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.
(a) In his soul.
(b) In his heart.
(c) In his stomach.
(d) In his body.

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

5. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?
(a) In hell.
(b) At the furrier's.
(c) In heaven.
(d) At God's right hand.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?

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

3. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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

5. Why did the "indecisive bird" claim that he could not go on the journey to the Way?

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