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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did Sheikh Ghouri take refuge at when he met a "group of crazy fools"?
(a) In an abandoned tent.
(b) In a cave.
(c) At a market under a collection of tables.
(d) Under a bridge.

2. The peasant in the desert compared a man who does not seek to ___________.
(a) A blinded owl.
(b) A wall.
(c) A deaf bat.
(d) A rock.

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

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

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

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

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

8. What animal was the peasant leading when Sheikh Mahna came across him in the desert?
(a) A cow.
(b) A horse.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A camel.

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

10. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.
(a) Dust.
(b) Clay.
(c) Debris.
(d) Earth.

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

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

13. What did the "faithless Moslem" and the "faithful infidel" stop at points during their fighting to do?
(a) Sleep.
(b) Eat.
(c) Rest.
(d) Pray.

14. What happened to the Arab's riches in "The Arab in Persia"?
(a) They were lost on his journey.
(b) They were offered up to God.
(c) They were buried in the sand.
(d) They were stolen by the dervishes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The stone man was known as ___________.

2. What did the dervish ask of God in regard to the famine of Egypt?

3. What did the dervishes renounce in "The Arab in Persia"?

4. Who was Majnoun searching for in the dust of the highway?

5. What did everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?

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