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

2. What metaphor did the hoopoe use to describe "Self's grown gross"?
(a) A rat swollen by gorging.
(b) A dog that sleeps and feeds.
(c) An elephant stuck in the mud.
(d) A snake on ice.

3. How many years did it take for Rabe'eh to travel to Mecca?
(a) Twenty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Twelve.
(d) Seven.

4. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?
(a) In self-communing dreams.
(b) In constant hunger.
(c) In waking dreams.
(d) In constant fear.

5. What did the hoopoe tell the hawk to do when he returned from flight?
(a) Clean himself and his nest.
(b) Wipe off his back.
(c) Keep his head down.
(d) Remove the dirt from his feathers.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the hoopoe, with whom did the pigeon share a goal?

2. What did the hoopoe say that the partridge's jewels really were?

3. What happened to the fisherboy's father?

4. Where was the Shebli found when no one in Baghdad could guess where he was?

5. What did the hoopoe have on his head?

(see the answer key)

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