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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What was the fifth valley that the birds had to cross?
(a) Detachment.
(b) Awe.
(c) Unity.
(d) Nothingness.

4. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?
(a) It was hard.
(b) It was worm-filled.
(c) It was bitter.
(d) It was rotten.

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

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

7. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?
(a) Romans.
(b) Mystics.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Sheikhs.

8. What happened when Truth's sunlight cleared the air in the Valley of Insight into Mystery?
(a) All animals helped travelers find their way through.
(b) All travelers were blinded by the brightness.
(c) All paths braided into one.
(d) All travelers saw that they were welcomed.

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

10. What did the man who swept the streets, whom received the trinket from Shah Mahmoud, say he would do until the day he died?
(a) Live a life of excess.
(b) Drink with kings.
(c) Eat heartily.
(d) Sift through dust heaps.

11. 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.

12. How many starving brothers did Joesph have leave their home to come and stand in his presence and beg for help?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Fourteen.
(c) Ten.
(d) Eight.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who did Abraham fight with while he drew his last breaths?

2. What would deprive the birds of everything in the Valley of the Quest?

3. What made the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" long to die?

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

5. What did Shebli wear around his waist?

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