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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) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Lust.
(d) Shame.

2. What advice did the hoopoe give to the goldfinch about earthly claims?
(a) Remember that you will leave them in death.
(b) Never claim them as your own.
(c) Shut your eyes to them.
(d) Turn your back on them.

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

4. The birds found out that ____________had led Joseph into slavery.
(a) They-the birds.
(b) Joseph's own father.
(c) The sheep.
(d) God.

5. What happened when Truth's sunlight cleared the air in the Valley of Insight into Mystery?
(a) All travelers saw that they were welcomed.
(b) All paths braided into one.
(c) All animals helped travelers find their way through.
(d) All travelers were blinded by the brightness.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?

2. What did God tell Shiekh Noughani to do in Neishaspour to find a grain of gold?

3. Who was Uzza?

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

5. In what color was the parrot clothed?

(see the answer key)

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