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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through "On Pleasure".

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who asks Almustafa about children?
(a) A nursing mother
(b) A maiden
(c) A child
(d) A new father

2. What must one accept in one's heart?
(a) The rhythm
(b) The seasons
(c) The battles
(d) The inconsistencies

3. People are suspended on _________ between joy and sorrow.
(a) Statues
(b) Scales
(c) Mountains
(d) Trees

4. What do people do for fear they will need them tomorrow?
(a) Save all their money.
(b) Have lots of children.
(c) Buy more than one house.
(d) Guard their possessions.

5. Almustafa says the people will not want, provided they know how to _____________.
(a) Make more money
(b) Enjoy what they own
(c) Share with others
(d) Fill their hands

Short Answer Questions

1. Where should people strive to be?

2. One must laugh and weep, but empty one's self to ___________?

3. What can friends be and still share their thoughts, desires, expectations and joy?

4. Farmers and artisans must ask who to sanctify the scales?

5. What should one meditate on?

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