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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. On what mountain peak did the Simorgh live?
(a) Pike.
(b) Bine.
(c) Kaf.
(d) Zaw.

11. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Truth's valley.
(b) Wisdom's sea.
(c) Fear's peak.
(d) Indecision's prairie.

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?

2. To whom did the hoopoe compare the nightingale?

3. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?

4. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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

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