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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did Shebli wear around his waist?
(a) A vine from a fig tree.
(b) A grape vine.
(c) A heathen's belt.
(d) A rope of thorns.

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

3. Why did the Indian King tell Mahmoud that he was crying?
(a) Thoughts of Judgement Day.
(b) His son had been taken prisoner.
(c) His daughter had been sold illegally into slavery.
(d) His wife had died.

4. What was the asking price for Jacob?
(a) Five tubs of musk.
(b) Thirty-five sheep.
(c) Ten camels.
(d) Four horses.

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

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

7. 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) Sweet air.
(c) The mixture of the blooms.
(d) Blood.

8. 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) Drink with kings.
(b) Live a life of excess.
(c) Eat heartily.
(d) Sift through dust heaps.

9. 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 camel.
(c) A horse.
(d) A donkey.

10. How did falcons fly when they were distressed, in the Valley of Love?
(a) Close to the land.
(b) Confused.
(c) High above the land.
(d) In circles.

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

12. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?
(a) An apple.
(b) A kiwi.
(c) A grape.
(d) A pear.

13. What object did Joseph strike when he addressed his brothers about selling him into slavery?
(a) A throne.
(b) A bell.
(c) A bowl.
(d) A staff.

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

15. What did the "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?
(a) Read.
(b) Pray.
(c) Write.
(d) Sing.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happened to the Arab's riches in "The Arab in Persia"?

2. The peasant in the desert compared a man who does not seek to ___________.

3. What was the fifth valley that the birds had to cross?

4. According to the hoopoe, what led those who started along the Way?

5. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?

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