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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Recipients should assume no weight of ____________, which is heavy on both, but rather soar alongside the giver.
(a) Guilt.
(b) Burdens.
(c) Gratitude.
(d) Reciprocation.

2. According to Almustafa, people delight in laying down laws, and more so in _________ them.
(a) Changing
(b) Ignoring
(c) Breaking
(d) Following

3. What should one meditate on?
(a) Riches.
(b) Peace.
(c) Completeness.
(d) Love's ecstasy.

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

5. Joy is _______ unmasked.
(a) Longing
(b) Sorrow
(c) Regret
(d) Happiness

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

7. What does the earth delight in?
(a) Soft textures
(b) New plants
(c) Clothing
(d) Bare feet

8. While the drum and lyre can be silenced, what can not be silenced?
(a) Ignorance
(b) The prophet
(c) People
(d) Skylarks

9. What has Almustafa NOT been to the people of the city?
(a) Piano
(b) Flame
(c) Harp
(d) Seeker of silence

10. What does clothing fail to hide?
(a) Pain
(b) Dishonesty
(c) Sorrow
(d) Ugliness

11. Why should people live in country areas?
(a) To find quiet.
(b) To get away from the city's pollution.
(c) To learn how to live off the land.
(d) To enjoy the fragrance of the earth in thier clothing.

12. Who does Almustafa envy as they enjoy peace and freedom?
(a) The poets
(b) The mariners
(c) The animals
(d) The politicians

13. Givers must be worthy of being instruments of ___________.
(a) Saving.
(b) Dreaming.
(c) Giving.
(d) Receiving.

14. Love seeks only to _______ itself.
(a) Improve
(b) Become
(c) Fulfill
(d) Redeem

15. Who is the person who asks about giving?
(a) A dying elder
(b) A rich man
(c) A poet
(d) A new mother

Short Answer Questions

1. Who begs Almustafa to remain?

2. Man and apple should rejoice in all __________.

3. Who asks Almustafa about buying and selling?

4. Who asks Almustafa about children?

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

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