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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 hoopoe say must be empty for the heart to purify itself in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Minds.
(b) Selfs.
(c) Hands.
(d) Souls.

2. What kind of animal blood did Joseph's brothers stain his cloak with when they threw him in the well?
(a) Dog.
(b) Wolf.
(c) Bear.
(d) Cow.

3. In the Valley of Love, what did the falcons search for as they flew?
(a) Their "absent nest."
(b) Their "absent mate."
(c) Their "mating grounds."
(d) Their "dead children."

4. What did Shebli wear around his waist?
(a) A vine from a fig tree.
(b) A heathen's belt.
(c) A rope of thorns.
(d) A grape vine.

5. Why did the Indian King tell Mahmoud that he was crying?
(a) Thoughts of Judgement Day.
(b) His wife had died.
(c) His son had been taken prisoner.
(d) His daughter had been sold illegally into slavery.

Short Answer Questions

1. To what did the "fool of God" compare the world?

2. 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?

3. What price did Ibrahim Adham pay for poverty?

4. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?

5. The bird that burned with aspiration said his soul was devoured by_________.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What did the hoopoe tell the birds to expect in the Valley of Love?

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

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

6. Describe the stone man.

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

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. Describe the Valley of Bewilderment.

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

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