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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 120-166.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?
(a) His mystic.
(b) An owl.
(c) A beggar.
(d) God.

2. 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 worm-filled.
(d) It was bitter.

3. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.
(a) In his stomach.
(b) In his heart.
(c) In his soul.
(d) In his body.

4. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?
(a) To insure that the birds create their own path.
(b) To glorify the king.
(c) To make the journey as hard as possible.
(d) To allow those on the journey to choose their own path.

5. What did the miserly bird claim to love?
(a) Misery.
(b) Pride.
(c) Solitude.
(d) Gold.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the "fool of God" claim would happen to those whose souls did not have feathers?

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

3. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?

4. What was the "fruit " of love's great tree?

5. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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