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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, what led those who started along the Way?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Morality.

2. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?
(a) All claims and lust for meaning.
(b) All desires and trust in God.
(c) All faith and feeling.
(d) All hope and dreams for the future.

3. What did the "ancient crone" use to place a bid on Jacob?
(a) One rooster.
(b) Her gold and jewels.
(c) The deed to her land.
(d) Twisted threads.

4. What kind of animal blood did Joseph's brothers stain his cloak with when they threw him in the well?
(a) Bear.
(b) Dog.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Cow.

5. What quote, from the Koran, did the voice from heaven remind the "faithless Moslem" about?
(a) "Surely there are signs in this for thinking men."
(b) "Fulfill your promises."
(c) "Did we not spread the earth like a bed and raise the mountains like pillars?"
(d) "Every soul shall taste death."

6. Who did Abraham fight with while he drew his last breaths?
(a) Jacob.
(b) Sam'an.
(c) Azra'el.
(d) Reil'em.

7. The stone man was known as ___________.
(a) Fear.
(b) Respect.
(c) Forgotten dreams.
(d) Knowledge.

8. What did the poor man, who lived in a drainage ditch, borrow from his rich neighbor to ride to the mill?
(a) A horse.
(b) A goat.
(c) A camel.
(d) A donkey.

9. What price did Ibrahim Adham pay for poverty?
(a) His wife.
(b) His kingdom.
(c) His son.
(d) His daughter.

10. What did the living people begin to do as death filled the roads during the Egyptian famine?
(a) Leave the town.
(b) Rob the king's vaults.
(c) Commit suicide.
(d) Cannibalize.

11. Why did the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" act like a drunkard?
(a) To fake his mental unrest.
(b) To hide his sorrows.
(c) To be closer to the Devil.
(d) To be near a boy.

12. What did Shah Mahmoud throw onto the heap nearest to his mount?
(a) A coin.
(b) A bracelet.
(c) A ruby.
(d) A ring.

13. What object struck the naked madman on the head as he was looking for shelter from the cold?
(a) A broken and frozen branch.
(b) A roof tile.
(c) A frozen apple.
(d) A window shutter.

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

15. Which angel refused to bow to Adam, even under the threat of losing his head?
(a) Gavreel.
(b) Iofiel.
(c) Eblis.
(d) Chamuel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened when Truth's sunlight cleared the air in the Valley of Insight into Mystery?

2. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?

3. What did Shebli wear around his waist?

4. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?

5. What was the asking price for Jacob?

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