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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. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?
(a) In hell.
(b) At the furrier's.
(c) In heaven.
(d) At God's right hand.

2. To whom did the hoopoe compare the finch?
(a) Moses.
(b) Goliath.
(c) King Solomon.
(d) God.

3. What did God tell Shiekh Noughani to do in Neishaspour to find a grain of gold?
(a) Find the man in red and inquire about a room.
(b) Follow the white horse of the king.
(c) Clean the horse stalls.
(d) Sweep the main square.

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

5. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?
(a) Near the river by the caves.
(b) In a tree.
(c) A sexual service of men and boys establishment.
(d) In a field overgrown with wild flowers.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the "cowardly bird" say would happen the first time the birds stopped for a rest during the journey?

2. What did Abbasseh say that the Self must choose between?

3. On what mountain peak did the Simorgh live?

4. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?

5. From where did the hoopoe quote the following: "You cannot gain salvation while the things you love remain."

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?

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

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

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

5. How did the hoopoe define a lover while he was advising the birds?

6. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

7. According to the text, how does an earthly king act?

8. What was the hoopoe's response to the partridge's excuse for not wanting to go on the quest for the Simorgh?

9. What will the quest do for the birds?

10. Why did the hoopoe compare the finch to Moses?

(see the answer keys)

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