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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, Animal Speak : Chapter 9, Animal Totems - Not Just Birds.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Primary flight feathers normally fall out ________________, which many people don't realize to be the case.
(a) One by one.
(b) At birth.
(c) At death.
(d) In pairs.

2. To the ancient alchemists, the ___________ was a bird which was a symbol of sublimation.
(a) Lark.
(b) Meadow gull.
(c) Magpie.
(d) Martin.

3. _________ are a symbol of rising from the terrestrial world, of being free of the gravity of the mundane world.
(a) Paints.
(b) Feathers.
(c) Masks.
(d) Beads.

4. In Chaldea, the goddess of _________ was pictured as riding on an ass in the stories which are told.
(a) Water.
(b) Humility.
(c) Death.
(d) Food.

5. What is one way of developing a more intuitive understanding of the language of birds, according to the author?
(a) Museum trips.
(b) Divination.
(c) Songs.
(d) Walks.

Short Answer Questions

1. The totems which are listed in the book do not make a comprehensive list, but it covers many animals from the ____________ continent.

2. Once a person begins to explore animals more closely, he cannot observe __________ objectively anymore.

3. All animals with _________ of any kind have connections to the European knights of medieval lore.

4. A pronghorn will signal danger to others by raising the _________ patch on its bottom.

5. Which bird is associated with the following symbolic qualities: Cheerfulness, Sublimation, inner journey, linked to the moon?

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