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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. Beauty is not a need, but a what?

2. What do people's hearts know in silence?

3. What is measureless and immeasurable?

4. One ought not to speak about finding ___________.

5. What is only good tortured by its own hunger and thirst?

Short Essay Questions

1. To what does Almustafa compare time?

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

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

4. What do people's hearts already know, according to Almustafa?

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

6. When can one speak of beauty, according to Almustafa?

7. Much of one's talking does what, according to Almustafa?

8. What do the tired and the weary say about beauty?

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

10. How does Almustafa describe time?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

When Almustafa talks about clothing, it seems he thinks that everyone should be nude all the time. Do you think he meant something else entirely? What do you think he meant, and how could you adapt this advice to the modern world and its laws and societal rules?

Essay Topic 2

In the chapter on Good and Evil, Almustafa says that evil and good are actually the same thing. Why does he believe this? Do you agree with his explanation? Why or why not? Can you give three examples of how evil and good can be alike in nature? Are evil and good just a subjective assessment in relation to the person who views these instances? Why or why not?

Essay Topic 3

When Almustafa says that children are not from their parents, but of them, what do you think this means? What do you think happens when parents think of their children as someone that comes from them? Cite some examples of what parents who don't follow Almustafa's idea about children might do. How do you think this affects the child?

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