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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 does "si" mean?
(a) "The."
(b) "First."
(c) Thirty.
(d) "Only."

2. In the Valley of Love, what did the falcons search for as they flew?
(a) Their "absent nest."
(b) Their "absent mate."
(c) Their "dead children."
(d) Their "mating grounds."

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

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

5. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?
(a) A demon.
(b) A gnat.
(c) An irrational thought.
(d) A worm.

Short Answer Questions

1. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?

2. What did Shebli wear around his waist?

3. Why did some of the birds burn their wings and feathers?

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

5. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?

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