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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. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) His homeland.
(b) His nest.
(c) The sea.
(d) His partner.

2. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?
(a) An irrational thought.
(b) A worm.
(c) A gnat.
(d) A demon.

3. While the hoopoe was telling the birds about the Way, he said he was blessed by_______________.
(a) David.
(b) God.
(c) Abraham.
(d) King Solomon.

4. How many children were in the family of the fisherboy?
(a) Twelve.
(b) Ten.
(c) Seven.
(d) Eleven.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe have on his head?

2. What did Abbasseh say that the Self must choose between?

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

4. Who did the hoopoe say was "twinned in unison" with God?

5. According to the hoopoe, what is it better to suffer with than to live a life in shame?

(see the answer key)

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