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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When does one speak, according to Almustafa?
(a) When one has a good idea.
(b) When one ceases to be at peace with one's thoughts.
(c) When one feels the need to disagree.
(d) When it is their turn.

2. Who asks Almustafa about death?
(a) An elderly man
(b) The caretaker
(c) The mason
(d) Almitra

3. What is a friend?
(a) A breath of fresh air.
(b) A burden.
(c) One's needs answered.
(d) A great adventure.

4. Much of one's talking leaves what half-murdered?
(a) The soul.
(b) The rhythm of life.
(c) Thinking.
(d) The peace of the environment.

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

6. What is all deeds, reflection, wonder, and surprise springing in the soul?
(a) Friendship
(b) Knowledge
(c) Religion
(d) Love

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

8. Judgment and appetite should be treated as what in one's home?
(a) Guests.
(b) Saints.
(c) Animals.
(d) Unwelcomed family members.

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

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

11. Almustafa wishes he could be a ___________.
(a) Warrior.
(b) Store owner.
(c) Writer.
(d) Peacemaker.

12. Whose pleasure is it to yield the honey to the bee?
(a) The worker bees
(b) The beekeeper
(c) The honeycomb
(d) The flower

13. Where does one find diversion sometimes?
(a) In quiet.
(b) In friends.
(c) In sound.
(d) In lovers.

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

15. Where does one's giant self reside?
(a) In a field.
(b) In your mind.
(c) In goodness.
(d) In a temple.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who asks Almustafa about beauty?

2. What crosses vast distances?

3. What do people's ears thirst for?

4. Who must be alone in their knowledge of God and the earth?

5. People want to direct the course of the spirit by hours and seasons, as though it were what?

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