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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does Almustafa say that pleasure is?
(a) A treasure.
(b) A freedom song
(c) A committment
(d) A curse

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

3. Life and death are ________.
(a) Mutable
(b) Complete opposites
(c) One
(d) Joyful

4. Who asks Almustafa about good and evil?
(a) A wise guru
(b) A child
(c) A judge
(d) A city elder

5. The cup burns the lips, but is moistened by what?
(a) A holy kiss
(b) Fresh rain
(c) The Potter's sacred tears
(d) Plain water

6. Beauty is not a need, but a what?
(a) A wonder
(b) A gift
(c) A privilege
(d) An ecstasy

7. One person's vision can not give another person ________.
(a) Money
(b) Ideas
(c) Answers
(d) Wings

8. Who must not limp before the lame?
(a) The children.
(b) The beggars.
(c) The strong and swift.
(d) The rich.

9. What do people's ears thirst for?
(a) Water
(b) Their hearts' knowledge
(c) A cup of understanding
(d) A breath of fresh air

10. Who asks Almustafa about friendship?
(a) A grown man
(b) A couple
(c) A youth
(d) A priest

11. Almustafa says that pain is the breaking of the shell that encloses what?
(a) One's joy.
(b) One's understanding.
(c) One's prosperity.
(d) One's happiness.

12. Who should direct the lips and tongue to speak the truth of the heart?
(a) The spirit.
(b) The mind.
(c) The soul.
(d) The heart.

13. Who says that beauty will rise with the dawn?
(a) The owls
(b) The servants
(c) The children
(d) The watchman

14. What do people's hearts know in silence?
(a) The answers to every question
(b) The right way to act
(c) The reason for their existence
(d) The secrets of day and night

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Almustafa says that people should not pray only in ________ and ________.

2. Striving for gain is like what?

3. When does one speak, according to Almustafa?

4. Judgment and appetite should be treated as what in one's home?

5. Who speaks again to ask about reason and passion?

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