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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?
(a) The son of God.
(b) Jonah.
(c) David.
(d) Lazarus.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?

2. Who was Uzza?

3. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?

4. What happened to the fisherboy's father?

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

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