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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is remembered long after the vessel is gone?

3. What can yield treasure?

4. Beauty is not a need, but a what?

5. Who asks Almustafa about good and evil?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Almustafa claim when evening falls and Almitra blesses the day, the place, and Almustafa's words?

2. What can one person's vision unable to do, according to Almustafa?

3. To what does Almustafa compare time?

4. How should judgment and appetite be treated, according to Almustafa?

5. Where does one's giant self lie, according to Almustafa?

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

7. What can happen when one goes digging for roots, according to Almustafa?

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

9. How does Almustafa describe religion?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Almustafa wants people to realize that talking is something about which people need to think more . What do you think he means by the idea of someone that talks just to find diversion in sound? What do you think he means by someone who only speaks when they cease to be at peace with one's thoughts? Which is the better situation? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 2

Life and death are one, according to Almustafa. How are life and death similar? What does this mean in terms of the natural fear of death? Since people can only understand death by dying, what does this mean in terms of the statement that the two are the same - can Almustafa even know this is true? Why do you think what you think about that question? Are there any signs that Almustafa's thoughts can be trusted?

Essay Topic 3

It is better to give things unasked, according to Almustafa. What does this mean? Give three examples of things that can happen if you give of yourself without being asked? Is this a realistic way of living? Why or why not?

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