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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. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?
(a) The son of Tarmazi.
(b) The son of Bayazid.
(c) A master of the Way.
(d) A slave of Bayazid and Tarmazi.

2. What was the metaphor based upon the following tenet: "When my exchequer has no love to give"?
(a) Life.
(b) Hate.
(c) Blood-money.
(d) Sin.

3. Why did the lover want to kill his beloved?
(a) She loved another man.
(b) She had been banished by her tribe.
(c) She had been disowned by her family.
(d) She was very ill.

4. According to the beggar in "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz," what would make a beggar an equal to the court?
(a) Hope.
(b) Love.
(c) Fate.
(d) Pride.

5. To what did the "fool of God" compare the world?
(a) A box.
(b) A hurricane.
(c) A breaking wave.
(d) A strong wind.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the asking price for Jacob?

2. To whom did the hoopoe say the Way belonged?

3. What object struck the naked madman on the head as he was looking for shelter from the cold?

4. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?

5. What happened when Truth's sunlight cleared the air in the Valley of Insight into Mystery?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why was Husain, the son of Ali, killed?

2. What did the lover of the man who slept all the time write on the note that she attached to his sleeve?

3. According to the hoopoe, what happened when one entered the Valley of Insight into Mystery?

4. How did the hoopoe answer the bird that claimed to be satisfied with his spiritual state and, therefore, did not need to go on the quest to see the Simorgh?

5. What did the "faithless Moslem" think about doing when the "faithful infidel" was bent in prayer?

6. Why did the slave not complain about the apple that his king gave to him?

7. How did the bird who claimed that he had bad luck substantiate his claim that he could not go on the quest with the hoopoe?

8. What did the hoopoe say in regard to the length of the quest to see the Simorgh?

9. Describe the Valley of Unity.

10. Why did the bat wish to see the sun?

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