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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 miserly bird claim to love?
(a) Misery.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Pride.
(d) Gold.

2. What kind of animal blood did Joseph's brothers stain his cloak with when they threw him in the well?
(a) Cow.
(b) Dog.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Bear.

3. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.
(a) A dog.
(b) A rabbit.
(c) A mouse.
(d) A donkey.

4. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Fear.
(d) Pride.

5. How did Majnoun disguise himself to approach the campground?
(a) In a peasant's robe.
(b) As a mystic.
(c) As a beggar.
(d) In a sheepskin.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?

2. What happened to the fisherboy's father?

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

4. What did the "ancient crone" use to place a bid on Jacob?

5. What did Sheikh Ghouri tell Prince Sanjar that he must leave behind if he chose to be the men's enemy?

(see the answer key)

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