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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 say the quest was for?
(a) Truth.
(b) Power.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

2. Whom did the hoopoe say the peacock had to crush?
(a) The snake.
(b) Pride.
(c) The grape.
(d) The lizard.

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."
(a) Be true to yourself.
(b) Pretending is okay with God.
(c) If you are brave, dress brave.
(d) Hide who you really are.

4. What did the dervish ask of God in regard to the famine of Egypt?
(a) To make fewer men.
(b) To allow for more crops.
(c) For great rains to water the harvests.
(d) For a new king to be sought.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?

2. What did the hoopoe tell the partridge that he had to destroy?

3. What did the "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?

4. What kind of animal blood did Joseph's brothers stain his cloak with when they threw him in the well?

5. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?

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