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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What kind of voice spoke to the "faithless Molsem" from heaven?
(a) An accepting voice.
(b) A warning voice.
(c) A promising voice.
(d) A saddened voice.

2. What did the dervishes renounce in "The Arab in Persia"?
(a) Pride.
(b) Riches.
(c) The world.
(d) God.

3. How did the bird who questioned the hoopoe about the length of the journey describe the other birds?
(a) As blind.
(b) As faithless.
(c) As ignorant.
(d) As weak.

4. How did Majnoun disguise himself to approach the campground?
(a) In a sheepskin.
(b) As a beggar.
(c) As a mystic.
(d) In a peasant's robe.

5. Why was the slave who was given a splendid robe hung?
(a) He lost the robe.
(b) He sold the robe.
(c) He had no dignity.
(d) He burned the robe.

6. Why did the lover lay in exhaustion and sleep in "The Lover Who Slept"?
(a) From the deep hunger he felt.
(b) From the broken heart he had.
(c) From the darkness he had battled.
(d) From the tears he wept.

7. What way did pilgrims take when they entered the Valley of Insight into Mystery?
(a) The path less trodden.
(b) The high path.
(c) The low path.
(d) All different ways.

8. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?
(a) The scent of other animals.
(b) Blood.
(c) Sweet air.
(d) The mixture of the blooms.

9. What was the second test of the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) Love's wide valley.
(b) Mystery's dry plains.
(c) Poverty's bleakness.
(d) Unity's ice-covered mountains.

10. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?
(a) My love.
(b) Pearl.
(c) Canaanite.
(d) Sow's ear.

11. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?
(a) Corn.
(b) Water.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

12. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.
(a) In his soul.
(b) In his stomach.
(c) In his body.
(d) In his heart.

13. In the Valley of Love, what did the falcons search for as they flew?
(a) Their "dead children."
(b) Their "absent nest."
(c) Their "absent mate."
(d) Their "mating grounds."

14. According to the beggar in "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz," what would make a beggar an equal to the court?
(a) Pride.
(b) Fate.
(c) Love.
(d) Hope.

15. What did the hoopoe say must be empty for the heart to purify itself in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Selfs.
(b) Souls.
(c) Minds.
(d) Hands.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where did Sheikh Ghouri take refuge at when he met a "group of crazy fools"?

2. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?

3. Which angel refused to bow to Adam, even under the threat of losing his head?

4. What did the "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?

5. What were the birds told, by the hoopoe, to expect to plunge themselves into upon entering the Valley of Love?

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