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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 75-120.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. After the miser's death, he appeared to his son as __________.
(a) A mouse.
(b) A donkey.
(c) A rabbit.
(d) A dog.

2. According the the Shiekh Sam'an, what did the Self ignore?
(a) The color of Truth.
(b) The power of Pride.
(c) The secrets of the Way.
(d) The history of the Fear.

3. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?
(a) On the branch of the olive tree.
(b) On the soverign's hand.
(c) At the right hand of God.
(d) On the right side of the cross.

4. What did the "cowardly bird" say would happen the first time the birds stopped for a rest during the journey?
(a) He would drop dead.
(b) He would turn around.
(c) He would never stop.
(d) He would give up.

5. According to the story "A Sinner Enters Heaven, who is the only one that can show the end of Wisdom?
(a) Man.
(b) Life.
(c) God.
(d) Brain.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe say forced a "vicious sinner to repent"?

2. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?

3. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?

4. What did the turtle-dove wear around his neck?

5. Why did the "indecisive bird" claim that he could not go on the journey to the Way?

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