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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 happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?
(a) He lost his faith.
(b) He broke his tie to the Simorgh.
(c) He lost his true love.
(d) He forgot about his path.

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

3. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?
(a) To insure that the birds create their own path.
(b) To glorify the king.
(c) To make the journey as hard as possible.
(d) To allow those on the journey to choose their own path.

4. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In self-communing dreams.
(b) In constant fear.
(c) In waking dreams.
(d) In constant hunger.

5. What did the hoopoe have on his head?
(a) A halo.
(b) A list of God's wishes.
(c) A lion's mane.
(d) Truth's crown.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?

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

3. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?

4. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?

5. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?

Short Essay Questions

1. What must the francolin do with his Self?

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

3. Describe the parrot's plumage.

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

5. What was the problem with love according to the hoopoe?

6. What will the quest do for the birds?

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

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

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

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

(see the answer keys)

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