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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 zonnar represent?
(a) The wearer was a thief.
(b) The wearer committed heresy.
(c) The wearer committed murder.
(d) The wearer committed adultry.

2. What price did Ibrahim Adham pay for poverty?
(a) His kingdom.
(b) His daughter.
(c) His son.
(d) His wife.

3. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?
(a) Corn.
(b) Water.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rice.

4. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.
(a) Clay.
(b) Earth.
(c) Dust.
(d) Debris.

5. What happened to the Arab's riches in "The Arab in Persia"?
(a) They were buried in the sand.
(b) They were lost on his journey.
(c) They were offered up to God.
(d) They were stolen by the dervishes.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?

3. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?

4. What is the name of the scholar's task that describes the process of determining the actions/sayings of the Prophet Mohammad to be genuine?

5. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?

Short Essay Questions

1. What did Mahna's shiekh tell the old woman about how to pray?

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

3. From the story "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz," how was it justified that a beggar could be seen as an equal in royal court?

4. Why did the hoopoe not have an exact length of the quest for the birds?

5. 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?

6. Describe the Valley of Unity.

7. 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?

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

9. Describe the Valley of Bewilderment.

10. What must one do to find God in the Valley of the Quest?

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