The Conference of the Birds Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Sufi texts#Farid ad-Din Attar
This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 121 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.

The Conference of the Birds Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

Sufi texts#Farid ad-Din Attar
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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?
(a) Green.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Purple.
(d) Blue.

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

4. Why did the "indecisive bird" claim that he could not go on the journey to the Way?
(a) He was "broken."
(b) He was a drunk.
(c) He had obligations.
(d) His family needed him.

5. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?
(a) Bread.
(b) Honey.
(c) Milk.
(d) Flour.

6. According to the hoopoe, what does one need to destroy to be able to approach the light?
(a) Fear.
(b) Unworthiness.
(c) The Self.
(d) Pride.

7. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?
(a) Life.
(b) God.
(c) Man.
(d) Brain.

8. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?
(a) Hate.
(b) Pride.
(c) The Prophet.
(d) The Muse.

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

10. Shiekh Sam'an's people left for __________.
(a) The caves of David.
(b) Mecca.
(c) The mountains.
(d) Rau.

11. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?
(a) To insure that the birds create their own path.
(b) To make the journey as hard as possible.
(c) To glorify the king.
(d) To allow those on the journey to choose their own path.

12. 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) Be true to yourself.
(b) If you are brave, dress brave.
(c) Hide who you really are.
(d) Pretending is okay with God.

13. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In self-communing dreams.
(b) In constant fear.
(c) In waking dreams.
(d) In constant hunger.

14. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?
(a) Pride.
(b) Hell.
(c) Fear.
(d) Heaven.

15. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) His homeland.
(b) The sea.
(c) His nest.
(d) His partner.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?

2. Why did the nightingale claim that he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

3. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?

4. What did the miserly bird claim to love?

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

(see the answer keys)

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