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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 hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?
(a) Lust.
(b) Fear.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pride.

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

3. What tied the "beauteous youth" to the king's side?
(a) Love.
(b) Riches.
(c) Lust.
(d) Terror.

4. Who was Uzza?
(a) Another name for the Self.
(b) A goddess in pre-Islamic Arabia.
(c) A man struck down by God for sinning.
(d) An Islamic god of air.

5. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?
(a) Pride.
(b) Self.
(c) Fear.
(d) Poverty.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?

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

3. How many birds were greeted by the herald of the Simorgh?

4. What advice did the hoopoe give to the goldfinch about earthly claims?

5. How did the bird who questioned the hoopoe about the length of the journey describe the other birds?

(see the answer key)

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