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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 birds that the journey required?
(a) A beggar's heart.
(b) A fool's heart.
(c) A follower's heart.
(d) A lion's heart.

2. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?
(a) Seven.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Twenty.

3. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?
(a) Pearl.
(b) My love.
(c) Sow's ear.
(d) Canaanite.

4. Who did the judge say must pay for the murdered animal that the rich neighbor lent to the poor man, given the poor man could not pay for the animal (it died while he was borrowing it)?
(a) The judge offerd to pay.
(b) God.
(c) The mother of the poor man.
(d) The rich man would have to absorb the loss.

5. What did the hoopoe have on his head?
(a) A lion's mane.
(b) Truth's crown.
(c) A halo.
(d) A list of God's wishes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the slave who was given a splendid robe hung?

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

3. What object did Joseph strike when he addressed his brothers about selling him into slavery?

4. What did God force the angel, who knew his secret about Adam, wear around his neck?

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

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