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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 is the name of the scholar's task that describes the process of determining the actions/sayings of the Prophet Mohammad to be genuine?
(a) Sam'an.
(b) Qua'am.
(c) Hadith.
(d) Levetiz.

2. The peasant in the desert compared a man who does not seek to ___________.
(a) A deaf bat.
(b) A rock.
(c) A wall.
(d) A blinded owl.

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

4. What does the following mean? "But hide a hundred idols with your cloak; If you're a eunuch underneath, don't dress In clothes of high heroic manliness."
(a) If you are brave, dress brave.
(b) Pretending is okay with God.
(c) Be true to yourself.
(d) Hide who you really are.

5. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Truth's valley.
(b) Wisdom's sea.
(c) Fear's peak.
(d) Indecision's prairie.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the hoopoe, what is it better to suffer with than to live a life in shame?

2. Shiekh Sam'an's people left for __________.

3. What was the "fruit " of love's great tree?

4. How did falcons fly when they were distressed, in the Valley of Love?

5. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?

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