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

2. Almustafa likens the soul to a ____________.
(a) Battlefield.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Lost cause.
(d) Uncharted territory.

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

4. What can friends be and still share their thoughts, desires, expectations and joy?
(a) Tired
(b) Gone
(c) Silent
(d) Mean

5. When a friend speaks _________, one fears saying neither yea not nay.
(a) Happily
(b) Quietly
(c) Honestly
(d) Quickly

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is the harp of the soul?

3. When one parts from a friend, there should be no _______.

4. Who claims to have heard beauty shouting in the mountains with the sounds of wild beasts?

5. What is boundless?

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens when one prays, according to Almustafa?

2. How does Almustafa describe religion?

3. How does Almustafa describe friendship when a youth asks?

4. How does Almustafa define pain?

5. Why must one know pain, according to Almustafa?

6. How does Almustafa describe time?

7. When a teacher asks Almustafa about teaching, what does he say one can reveal?

8. Since one should not speak about finding "the" truth, what should a person do?

9. Who can those desiring to learn about pleasure take a lesson from, aside from Almustafa?

10. While Almustafa compares the soul to a battlefield, what does he wish his role in this conflict to be?

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