View a FREE sample

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. What did a Sufi try to buy for nothing in Baghdad?
(a) Honey.
(b) Bread.
(c) Flour.
(d) Milk.

2. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?
(a) God.
(b) Simorgh.
(c) The hoopoe.
(d) Love.

3. The gravedigger said ________ watched him dig graves?
(a) Poverty.
(b) Self.
(c) Pride.
(d) Fear.

4. What did the hoopoe tell the birds that the journey required?
(a) A fool's heart.
(b) A follower's heart.
(c) A lion's heart.
(d) A beggar's heart.

5. What did Malek Dinar claim that he had done after getting bread from God?
(a) Carried out the Evil One's commands.
(b) Fed the poor.
(c) Fed the birds.
(d) Hoarded the bread.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. What was the color of mourning in ancient Persia?

4. Where did God tell Gabriel to find the one who had cast away the Self and had a pure heart?

5. What does the following mean? "But hide a hundred idols with your cloak; If you're a eunuch underneath, don't dress In clothes of high heroic manliness."

(see the answer key)

This section contains 221 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample