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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 166-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?
(a) Giving up his home.
(b) The deaths of many birds on the journey.
(c) Leaving his family.
(d) Giving up his wealth.

2. What did the hoopoe say must be empty for the heart to purify itself in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Souls.
(b) Selfs.
(c) Hands.
(d) Minds.

3. What did the dervishes renounce in "The Arab in Persia"?
(a) Pride.
(b) Riches.
(c) The world.
(d) God.

4. What did the zonnar represent?
(a) The wearer committed adultry.
(b) The wearer committed murder.
(c) The wearer committed heresy.
(d) The wearer was a thief.

5. How many birds gathered around the Hoopoe after he was chosen leader for the journey?
(a) One million.
(b) One hundred thousand.
(c) Ten thousand.
(d) Every bird on earth.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the miserly bird claim to love?

2. What did the "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?

3. To whom did the hoopoe say the Way belonged?

4. What happened to the fisherboy's father?

5. During the Egyptian famine, what did the people beg for as they died?

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