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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did the finch say that he would seek his loved one at?
(a) A well.
(b) The sky.
(c) A tree.
(d) A cave.

2. 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 never stop.
(c) He would give up.
(d) He would turn around.

3. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?
(a) Love.
(b) Simorgh.
(c) God.
(d) The hoopoe.

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

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

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

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

8. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?
(a) A rat swollen by gorging.
(b) A snake on ice.
(c) A dog that sleeps and feeds.
(d) An elephant stuck in the mud.

9. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) He is to proud.
(b) He is too arrogant.
(c) He is too weak.
(d) He is too rich.

10. 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 God's right hand.
(c) At the furrier's.
(d) In hell.

11. What did Abbasseh say that the Self must choose between?
(a) Love and Hate.
(b) Pride and Humility.
(c) Poverty and Riches.
(d) Faith and hell.

12. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?
(a) Pride.
(b) Fear.
(c) Lust.
(d) Shame.

13. 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.

14. What did the hoopoe tell the partridge that he had to destroy?
(a) Freedom.
(b) The Self.
(c) Power.
(d) Hate.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

2. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?

3. What leader claimed that he was the lord to his people and the people ignored his claims?

4. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?

5. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?

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