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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who should leave the marketplace empty handed?
(a) Everyone
(b) The poor
(c) Children
(d) No one

2. Love seeks only to rest at what time of the day?
(a) In the evening.
(b) At noon.
(c) Never.
(d) In the morning.

3. Who asks Almustafa about eating and drinking?
(a) A young boy
(b) A new resturant owner
(c) An aged innkeeper
(d) A statesman

4. What does Almustafa prefer - country or urban living?
(a) Both
(b) Country
(c) Urban
(d) Neither

5. According to Almustafa, what does wronging others do?
(a) Establishes that all people are evil
(b) Nothing
(c) Wrongs oneself
(d) Creates a need for punishment

6. Where would Almustafa scatter houses?
(a) Along the water.
(b) In fields and meadows.
(c) Around the center of the city.
(d) In the air.

7. When traveling with the wind, one needs no __________.
(a) Map
(b) Weather vane
(c) Partner
(d) Plans

8. One must laugh and weep, but empty one's self to ___________?
(a) Everything
(b) Neither
(c) A new house
(d) A special person

9. Where should people strive to be?
(a) In a nice home.
(b) In a loving relationship.
(c) In the favor of friends.
(d) In the heart of God.

10. What becomes a harness and a chain?
(a) Clothing
(b) Peace
(c) Freedom
(d) Privacy

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

12. Who asks Almustafa about houses?
(a) A singer
(b) A poet
(c) A mason
(d) A merchant

13. Marriage should never what?
(a) Bind
(b) Be between two people who don't love each other
(c) Be rushed
(d) Be too long

14. Give now, rather than leaving [your money] to __________ to give.
(a) Beggars.
(b) Heirs.
(c) Strangers.
(d) Bankers.

15. What does Almitra understand about Almustafa?
(a) His longing for his homeland.
(b) His need for gifts.
(c) His hatred of the city.
(d) His language.

Short Answer Questions

1. What should one meditate on?

2. Love neither ________ nor is __________.

3. When one eats an apple, what lives in his body?

4. How can one describe love?

5. Recipients should assume no weight of ____________, which is heavy on both, but rather soar alongside the giver.

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