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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 the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?
(a) The history of the Fear.
(b) The color of Truth.
(c) The power of Pride.
(d) The secrets of the Way.

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

3. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?
(a) Earthly treasures.
(b) Excuses.
(c) Falsehoods.
(d) Empty promises.

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

5. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?
(a) The Self.
(b) Pride.
(c) Hate.
(d) Riches.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?

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

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

5. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

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

6. What must the francolin do with his Self?

7. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?

8. Describe the parrot's plumage.

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 did the birds decide that they needed a king?

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