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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The bird that burned with aspiration said his soul was devoured by_________.
(a) Hate.
(b) Nothingness.
(c) Insatiate zeal.
(d) Fear.

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

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

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

7. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?
(a) A beggar.
(b) God.
(c) An owl.
(d) His mystic.

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

9. Why did the lover want to kill his beloved?
(a) She was very ill.
(b) She loved another man.
(c) She had been disowned by her family.
(d) She had been banished by her tribe.

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

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

12. What were the birds told, by the hoopoe, to expect to plunge themselves into upon entering the Valley of Love?
(a) Rivers of ice.
(b) Caves of darkness.
(c) Seas of fire.
(d) A valley of winds.

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

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

15. To whom did the hoopoe say the Way belonged?
(a) Only those who survive the journey.
(b) Only those whom accept the Simorgh.
(c) Only the pure and strong.
(d) Everyone.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shebli wear around his waist?

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

3. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?

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

5. Who did the judge say must pay for the murdered animal that the rich neighbor lent to the poor man, given the poor man could not pay for the animal (it died while he was borrowing it)?

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