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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. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?
(a) Indecision's prairie.
(b) Fear's peak.
(c) Wisdom's sea.
(d) Truth's valley.

2. On what mountain peak did the Simorgh live?
(a) Bine.
(b) Zaw.
(c) Kaf.
(d) Pike.

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

4. What happened to the fisherboy's father?
(a) He left the family.
(b) He was imprisoned.
(c) He was murdered.
(d) He died.

5. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?
(a) It was hard.
(b) It was rotten.
(c) It was bitter.
(d) It was worm-filled.

Short Answer Questions

1. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?

2. What did the "cowardly bird" claim was a "useless sacrifice"?

3. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?

4. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?

5. What made the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" long to die?

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