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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 heathen's belt.
(c) A rope of thorns.
(d) A grape vine.

2. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?
(a) Water.
(b) Corn.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

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

4. 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)?
(a) The mother of the poor man.
(b) The judge offerd to pay.
(c) God.
(d) The rich man would have to absorb the loss.

5. How did Majnoun disguise himself to approach the campground?
(a) As a beggar.
(b) In a peasant's robe.
(c) As a mystic.
(d) In a sheepskin.

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

7. 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.

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

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

10. What did the dervish ask of God in regard to the famine of Egypt?
(a) For a new king to be sought.
(b) For great rains to water the harvests.
(c) To allow for more crops.
(d) To make fewer men.

11. What was the metaphor based upon the following tenet: "When my exchequer has no love to give"?
(a) Hate.
(b) Sin.
(c) Blood-money.
(d) Life.

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

13. What would deprive the birds of everything in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Loss.
(b) Misfortunes.
(c) Power.
(d) Hate.

14. What did God force the angel, who knew his secret about Adam, wear around his neck?
(a) A ring.
(b) A scar.
(c) A branding.
(d) A ribbon.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?

2. What did Sheikh Ghouri tell Prince Sanjar that he must leave behind if he chose to be the men's enemy?

3. What kind of voice spoke to the "faithless Molsem" from heaven?

4. What did the zonnar represent?

5. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.

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