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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Striving for gain is like what?
(a) A root clinging to the earth.
(b) A new relationship.
(c) A worldwide illness.
(d) An uphill battle.

2. Who is everyone's need and giver of all?
(a) Almitra
(b) The temple.
(c) God.
(d) Almustafa

3. What is the harp of the soul?
(a) The bee.
(b) The birds.
(c) The flower.
(d) The body.

4. Who asks Almustafa about teaching?
(a) A teacher
(b) A mother
(c) A mason
(d) A child

5. A divided house is not a ___________________, just a divided house.
(a) Den of thieves
(b) Problem to be fixed
(c) Lost cause
(d) Mistake

6. Only on the ____________ does one begin to climb.
(a) Hill
(b) Mountaintop
(c) Edge
(d) Cliff

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

8. Why do many people seek out the talkative?
(a) Because they fear being alone.
(b) Beause they have no choice.
(c) Because they want to listen.
(d) Because they like to talk.

9. Reason and passion are the rudders and sails of the ________.
(a) Heart.
(b) Poet.
(c) Soul.
(d) Child.

10. The wellspring of the soul must flow to where in order for the depths to be revealed?
(a) To the land
(b) To the rivers
(c) To the sea
(d) To the other people

11. Almustafa says he can only reveal that which lies ________ in the dawning of people's knowledge.
(a) Covered up
(b) Hiding
(c) Half asleep
(d) Smiling

12. People want to direct the course of the spirit by hours and seasons, as though it were what?
(a) A cloud.
(b) A calendar.
(c) A flowing stream.
(d) A ship.

13. What is remembered long after the vessel is gone?
(a) Paint.
(b) Water.
(c) Oil.
(d) Wine.

14. Prayer is the expansion of one's self into the _________.
(a) Nothingness.
(b) Ears of spirits.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Living ether.

15. Who knows people's needs before they do?
(a) Priests.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Their friends.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the messenger of love for the flower?

2. One's hopes and desires contain what of the beyond?

3. Where does one find diversion sometimes?

4. One can not speak of beauty unless __________ is the weaver of one's speech.

5. What is a window that can be open or shut?

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