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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Why did the nightingale claim that he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) Love.
(b) Hate.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

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

4. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Seven.
(d) Twelve.

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

6. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?
(a) Joseph.
(b) Abel.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Adam.

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

8. What did the hoopoe wear on his breast?
(a) A cross.
(b) A nail.
(c) A crown of thorns.
(d) The Spirit's Way.

9. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?
(a) He lost his faith.
(b) He forgot about his path.
(c) He lost his true love.
(d) He broke his tie to the Simorgh.

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

11. What did the miserly bird claim to love?
(a) Misery.
(b) Pride.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Gold.

12. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?
(a) In heaven.
(b) At the furrier's.
(c) In hell.
(d) At God's right hand.

13. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?
(a) Goliath.
(b) David.
(c) Moses.
(d) Nimrod.

14. What was the "fruit " of love's great tree?
(a) Washed sins.
(b) Wealth.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Honor.

15. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?
(a) King Solomon.
(b) Moses.
(c) God.
(d) Goliath.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?

2. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?

3. According to the hoopoe, how must man enter and leave the world?

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

5. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?

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