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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?
(a) Italy.
(b) The mountains.
(c) In Eden.
(d) Rome.

2. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?
(a) The Simorgh.
(b) The hawk.
(c) The hoopoe.
(d) Jesus.

3. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."
(a) Moses' writings.
(b) Bible.
(c) Koran.
(d) The writings of the Simorah.

4. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?
(a) To glorify the king.
(b) To make the journey as hard as possible.
(c) To allow those on the journey to choose their own path.
(d) To insure that the birds create their own path.

5. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?
(a) Earthly treasures.
(b) Empty promises.
(c) Falsehoods.
(d) Excuses.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the miserly bird claim to love?

2. How did the king honor the fisherboy's friendship?

3. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?

4. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?

5. While the hoopoe was telling the birds about the Way, he said he was blessed by_______________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What will the quest do for the birds?

2. What happened after the hoopoe was chosen as their leader?

3. What did Socrates say to his student about burying him?

4. What was the meaning behind the story "A Pauper in Love with the King of Egypt"?

5. What problem did the hoopoe have with the hawk?

6. What happened in China in regard to the Simorgh?

7. Why did the birds decide that they needed a king?

8. What was the "glance of Solomon"?

9. What did the birds decide they needed in a leader?

10. What did the birds ask the hoopoe about regarding the Way?

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