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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 213-229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the man who swept the streets, whom received the trinket from Shah Mahmoud, say he would do until the day he died?
(a) Sift through dust heaps.
(b) Live a life of excess.
(c) Drink with kings.
(d) Eat heartily.

2. Who bought Joseph as a slave?
(a) Zanair.
(b) Sam'an.
(c) Dorane.
(d) Malek Dar.

3. What did the poor man, who lived in a drainage ditch, borrow from his rich neighbor to ride to the mill?
(a) A donkey.
(b) A camel.
(c) A goat.
(d) A horse.

4. What made the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" long to die?
(a) His inability to smell the difference between food and waste.
(b) His endless hunger.
(c) His failure to grasp food.
(d) His failure to open his mouth.

5. Which angel refused to bow to Adam, even under the threat of losing his head?
(a) Gavreel.
(b) Eblis.
(c) Iofiel.
(d) Chamuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the finch say that he would seek his loved one at?

2. According the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?

3. What did the dervishes renounce in "The Arab in Persia"?

4. What did Shah Mahmoud throw onto the heap nearest to his mount?

5. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?

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