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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. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?
(a) Rice.
(b) Water.
(c) Corn.
(d) Bread.

2. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) He is too weak.
(b) He is to proud.
(c) He is too rich.
(d) He is too arrogant.

3. What did God tell Shiekh Noughani to do in Neishaspour to find a grain of gold?
(a) Clean the horse stalls.
(b) Follow the white horse of the king.
(c) Sweep the main square.
(d) Find the man in red and inquire about a room.

4. While the hoopoe was telling the birds about the Way, he said he was blessed by_______________.
(a) God.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) Abraham.
(d) David.

5. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?
(a) An elephant stuck in the mud.
(b) A dog that sleeps and feeds.
(c) A snake on ice.
(d) A rat swollen by gorging.

Short Answer Questions

1. For whom did the hoopoe work as a secret message deliverer?

2. How many valleys did the birds have to cross to find the Simorgh?

3. The Lord described the Simorgh as_______________.

4. What did everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?

5. Why did the book end as it did?

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