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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. What did the hoopoe tell the partridge that he had to destroy?
(a) Freedom.
(b) Hate.
(c) The Self.
(d) Power.

2. While the hoopoe was telling the birds about the Way, he said he was blessed by_______________.
(a) God.
(b) King Solomon.
(c) David.
(d) Abraham.

3. What did the Lord say clothed the simpleton who walked naked through the crowd?
(a) The moon.
(b) His love.
(c) The night.
(d) The sun.

4. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?
(a) David.
(b) Nimrod.
(c) Moses.
(d) Goliath.

5. Shiekh Sam'an's people left for __________.
(a) The mountains.
(b) Rau.
(c) Mecca.
(d) The caves of David.

Short Answer Questions

1. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.

2. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?

3. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?

4. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?

5. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

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

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

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

6. How did Abbasseh describe the Self?

7. Describe the phoenix from the hoopoe's story "The Phoenix."

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

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

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

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