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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 name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?
(a) Sow's ear.
(b) My love.
(c) Canaanite.
(d) Pearl.

2. To whom did the hoopoe say the Way belonged?
(a) Everyone.
(b) Only those whom accept the Simorgh.
(c) Only the pure and strong.
(d) Only those who survive the journey.

3. What did the man, who refused to drink, refuse to drink?
(a) Ale.
(b) Wine.
(c) Water.
(d) Sweet sherbet.

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

5. What did the poor man, who lived in a drainage ditch, borrow from his rich neighbor to ride to the mill?
(a) A goat.
(b) A horse.
(c) A donkey.
(d) A camel.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did Shah Mahmoud throw onto the heap nearest to his mount?

2. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?

3. What was the fifth valley that the birds had to cross?

4. What made the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" long to die?

5. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. 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?

5. 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?

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

7. Describe the stone man.

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

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

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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