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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does Almustafa feel about boarding the ship?
(a) Bittersweet
(b) Anxious
(c) Dreadful
(d) Excited

2. Those who wear _________ as their best cloak are better off naked.
(a) Religion
(b) Philosophy
(c) Ethics
(d) Morality

3. Almustafa says that people should not pray only in ________ and ________.
(a) Hunger, longing.
(b) Distress, need.
(c) Peace, happiness.
(d) Ignorance, lies.

4. What does Almustafa describe as a yoke and a handcuff?
(a) Government
(b) Freedom
(c) Laws
(d) Sanity

5. Who speaks again to ask about reason and passion?
(a) The priestess
(b) A commoner
(c) A couple
(d) The priest

Short Answer Questions

1. What does Almustafa say that pleasure is?

2. What lies no higher than the lowest foundation of stones of a temple?

3. Almustafa declares that joy and sorrow are _____________.

4. Only when the earth claims one's limbs can one truly _________.

5. What happens when sorrow carves deep into one's being?

(see the answer key)

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