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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 object did Joseph strike when he addressed his brothers about selling him into slavery?
(a) A bowl.
(b) A bell.
(c) A staff.
(d) A throne.

2. What did the dervishes renounce in "The Arab in Persia"?
(a) The world.
(b) Pride.
(c) Riches.
(d) God.

3. What would deprive the birds of everything in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Hate.
(b) Power.
(c) Misfortunes.
(d) Loss.

4. According to the hoopoe, what led those who started along the Way?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Love.
(d) Morality.

5. How many starving brothers did Joesph have leave their home to come and stand in his presence and beg for help?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Fourteen.
(d) Eight.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why was the slave who was given a splendid robe hung?

2. What did everyone refuse to do to Ahmad Hanbal?

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

4. What happened to the Arab's riches in "The Arab in Persia"?

5. What animal was the peasant leading when Sheikh Mahna came across him in the desert?

Short Essay Questions

1. According to the hoopoe, who does the Way belong to?

2. According to the hoopoe, why are loyalty and justice put beside "such majesty"?

3. What was the definition of justice that the hoopoe gave to the birds?

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

5. Describe the stone man.

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

7. What were the two things that the Sheikh of Turkestan loved?

8. 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?

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

10. According to the story "The Lover Who Wanted to Kill his Beloved," what must one do to be pious and reach the Lord?

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