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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 wear on his breast?
(a) The Spirit's Way.
(b) A cross.
(c) A nail.
(d) A crown of thorns.
2. What did the hoopoe have on his head?
(a) A list of God's wishes.
(b) A halo.
(c) A lion's mane.
(d) Truth's crown.
3. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) He is too weak.
(b) He is to proud.
(c) He is too rich.
(d) He is too arrogant.
4. Whom did the woodcutter say that God helps?
(a) Only those whom have seen the light of God.
(b) Only those whom have accepted him.
(c) All sinners.
(d) Only those who do not sin.
5. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?
(a) A demon.
(b) A gnat.
(c) An irrational thought.
(d) A worm.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
2. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?
3. What was the hoopoe describing when he stated the following: "Your palace is a kennel with the rest...is your dungeon after death"?
4. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?
5. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?
Short Essay Questions
1. What did the birds ask the hoopoe about regarding the Way?
2. Why did the birds decide that they needed a king?
3. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?
4. What was the meaning behind the story "A Pauper in Love with the King of Egypt"?
5. Describe the phoenix from the hoopoe's story "The Phoenix."
6. Why did a "cowardly bird" protest going on the quest for the Simorgh?
7. What did Socrates say to his student about burying him?
8. What happened after the hoopoe was chosen as their leader?
9. What reason did the nightingale give for not wanting to go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
10. How did the hoopoe define a lover while he was advising the birds?
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