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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 everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?
(a) Praise him.
(b) Honor him.
(c) Criticize him.
(d) Be kind to him.

2. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?
(a) Pride.
(b) The Muse.
(c) The Prophet.
(d) Hate.

3. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?
(a) Moses.
(b) God.
(c) Goliath.
(d) King Solomon.

4. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Clean himself and his nest.
(b) Keep his head down.
(c) Wipe off his back.
(d) Remove the dirt from his feathers.

5. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?
(a) The mountains.
(b) In Eden.
(c) Italy.
(d) Rome.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?

2. What happened to the Arab's riches in "The Arab in Persia"?

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

4. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?

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

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