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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 213-229.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What did the dervish ask of God in regard to the famine of Egypt?
(a) To make fewer men.
(b) For great rains to water the harvests.
(c) To allow for more crops.
(d) For a new king to be sought.

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

3. According to the herald, what "blaze" reduced the soul to unreality?
(a) Majesty.
(b) Trust.
(c) Denial.
(d) Hope.

4. What keeps travelers from passing through the glorious gate? ("The Ashes of Hallaj")
(a) The refusal to banish Self.
(b) The inability to travel the Way.
(c) Travel in a worldly state.
(d) The inability to accept the Self.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the "musk-like mole" of the "beauteous youth" compared to in "The King Who Ordered His Beloved to be Killed"?

2. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.

3. What leader claimed that he was the lord to his people and the people ignored his claims?

4. What did the "ancient crone" use to place a bid on Jacob?

5. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?

(see the answer key)

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