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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the "cowardly bird" say would happen the first time the birds stopped for a rest during the journey?
(a) He would drop dead.
(b) He would give up.
(c) He would never stop.
(d) He would turn around.

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

3. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?
(a) Carried out the Evil One's commands.
(b) Hoarded the bread.
(c) Fed the birds.
(d) Fed the poor.

4. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Wipe off his back.
(b) Keep his head down.
(c) Remove the dirt from his feathers.
(d) Clean himself and his nest.

5. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?
(a) Falsehoods.
(b) Earthly treasures.
(c) Empty promises.
(d) Excuses.

6. What does Bismillah mean?
(a) Hope.
(b) In the name of God.
(c) Holy one.
(d) Amen.

7. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?
(a) Riches.
(b) Hate.
(c) The Self.
(d) Pride.

8. What did the turtle-dove wear around his neck?
(a) A ring of loyalty.
(b) A mark of Cain.
(c) A circle of light.
(d) All the colors of the rainbow.

9. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.
(a) A rabbit.
(b) A mouse.
(c) A dog.
(d) A donkey.

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

11. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."
(a) Moses' writings.
(b) The writings of the Simorah.
(c) Bible.
(d) Koran.

12. What did Shiekh Noughani ask for from God after seven days had passed during his trip to Neishaspour?
(a) Water.
(b) Courage.
(c) Bread.
(d) Fish.

13. What did the duck claim to be as part of his excuse as to why he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) The poorest bird.
(b) The most misunderstood bird.
(c) The purest bird.
(d) The happiest bird.

14. Whom did the hoopoe say the peacock had to crush?
(a) The lizard.
(b) The snake.
(c) Pride.
(d) The grape.

15. How many birds gathered around the Hoopoe after he was chosen leader for the journey?
(a) One hundred thousand.
(b) Every bird on earth.
(c) One million.
(d) Ten thousand.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?

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

3. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?

4. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?

5. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?

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