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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. What do humans have to do to eat?
(a) They share with others.
(b) They must kill.
(c) They must prepare food.
(d) They have to steal.

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

5. When one faces the sun, images drawn on the __________ mean nothing.
(a) Earth
(b) Paper
(c) Water
(d) Canvas

Short Answer Questions

1. Who proclaims their love to Almustafa?

2. Who asks Almustafa about houses?

3. Who is the person who asks about giving?

4. Who begs Almustafa to remain?

5. Love seeks only to rest at what time of the day?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the exchanging of gifts do for people, according to Almustafa?

2. Who does Almustafa say has useful gifts to sell?

3. What do people delight in, according to Almustafa, in relation to laws?

4. When a man gathers grapes, what does Almustafa say the man must realize?

5. What is it good to do, in relation to the topic of giving?

6. Who is the chosen and the beloved who is giving the lessons throughout The Prophet?

7. What does work help one to do, according to Almustafa?

8. Who is the seer that understands the answer to Almustafa's longing for his homeland?

9. What do some say about birth and about the flesh?

10. It is better not to seek only peace and pleasure in love, but what should one do to open one's self up to love?

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