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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 hoopoe tell the partridge that he had to destroy?
(a) Hate.
(b) Freedom.
(c) The Self.
(d) Power.

2. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?
(a) Pride.
(b) Hate.
(c) Riches.
(d) The Self.

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

4. What did the "faithless Moslem" and the "faithful infidel" stop at points during their fighting to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Sleep.
(c) Rest.
(d) Eat.

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 heaven.
(b) At God's right hand.
(c) In hell.
(d) At the furrier's.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?

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

3. 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."

4. What advice did the hoopoe give to the goldfinch about earthly claims?

5. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?

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