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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. To whom did the hoopoe compare the nightingale?
(a) David.
(b) The choir of Levites.
(c) Terpsichore.
(d) Athaliah.

2. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Wipe off his back.
(b) Keep his head down.
(c) Remove the dirt from his feathers.
(d) Clean himself and his nest.

3. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?
(a) Honey.
(b) Flour.
(c) Bread.
(d) Milk.

4. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?
(a) Green.
(b) Purple.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

5. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?
(a) Self.
(b) Fear.
(c) Poverty.
(d) Pride.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whom did the Shiekh Sam'an see at dawn when he smelled the "musk-diffusing breeze"?

2. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?

3. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?

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

5. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. Why did a "cowardly bird" protest going on the quest for the Simorgh?

4. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?

5. What will the quest do for the birds?

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

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

8. What was the "glance of Solomon"?

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

10. Why could the dervish and the princess not be together?

(see the answer keys)

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