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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Conference of the Birds, pgs. 166-213.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What would deprive the birds of everything in the Valley of the Quest?
(a) Power.
(b) Hate.
(c) Misfortunes.
(d) Loss.

2. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Sheikhs.
(c) Mystics.
(d) Romans.

3. What were the birds told, by the hoopoe, to expect to plunge themselves into upon entering the Valley of Love?
(a) Rivers of ice.
(b) Seas of fire.
(c) Caves of darkness.
(d) A valley of winds.

4. How did the king honor the fisherboy's friendship?
(a) He gave him the throne.
(b) He made him an advisor.
(c) He made him a knight.
(d) He bought him a home.

5. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) He is too weak.
(b) He is too rich.
(c) He is too arrogant.
(d) He is to proud.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What price did Ibrahim Adham pay for poverty?

3. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?

4. According to the "troubled fool," what entered Nimrod's brain?

5. Where did Sheikh Ghouri take refuge at when he met a "group of crazy fools"?

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