View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Right before leaving on their journey, what did the birds do?
(a) Went to get provisions.
(b) Sang a song.
(c) Chose a leader.
(d) Prayed.

2. While the hoopoe was telling the birds about the Way, he said he was blessed by_______________.
(a) Abraham.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) David.
(d) God.

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

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

5. What leader claimed that he was the lord to his people and the people ignored his claims?
(a) Alexander the Great.
(b) King David.
(c) King Saul.
(d) King Solomon.

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

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

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

9. According to the hoopoe, how must man enter and leave the world?
(a) Spiritless.
(b) Homeless.
(c) Sinless.
(d) Filled with love.

10. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?
(a) In a tree.
(b) Near the river by the caves.
(c) In a field overgrown with wild flowers.
(d) A sexual service of men and boys establishment.

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

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

13. What happened to the fisherboy's father?
(a) He left the family.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He died.
(d) He was murdered.

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

15. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Pride.
(c) Fear.
(d) Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?

2. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?

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

4. 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?

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

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 496 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample