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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?
(a) On the right side of the cross.
(b) At the right hand of God.
(c) On the branch of the olive tree.
(d) On the soverign's hand.

5. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?
(a) Fed the poor.
(b) Carried out the Evil One's commands.
(c) Hoarded the bread.
(d) Fed the birds.

6. According to the hoopoe, what is it better to suffer with than to live a life in shame?
(a) Fear.
(b) Pride.
(c) Love.
(d) Hunger.

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

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

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

10. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?
(a) The Self.
(b) Pride.
(c) Riches.
(d) Hate.

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

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

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

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

15. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Wipe off his back.
(b) Clean himself and his nest.
(c) Keep his head down.
(d) Remove the dirt from his feathers.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What did the "cowardly bird" say would happen the first time the birds stopped for a rest during the journey?

3. What did the hoopoe tell the partridge that he had to destroy?

4. According the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?

5. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.

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