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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. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?
(a) Life.
(b) Man.
(c) Brain.
(d) God.

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

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

4. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?
(a) Abel.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Adam.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

2. Why did the nightingale claim that he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

3. What does Bismillah mean?

4. In what color was the parrot clothed?

5. Why did the "indecisive bird" claim that he could not go on the journey to the Way?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?

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

3. What must the francolin do with his Self?

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

5. What was the "glance of Solomon"?

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

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

8. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

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

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

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