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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 "thing" contains an ultimate desire for fire?
(a) Water.
(b) A moth.
(c) Hate.
(d) Love.

2. The birds found out that ____________had led Joseph into slavery.
(a) They-the birds.
(b) God.
(c) Joseph's own father.
(d) The sheep.

3. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?
(a) All desires and trust in God.
(b) All hope and dreams for the future.
(c) All faith and feeling.
(d) All claims and lust for meaning.

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

5. What object did Joseph strike when he addressed his brothers about selling him into slavery?
(a) A staff.
(b) A bowl.
(c) A throne.
(d) A bell.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the story of the "Two Foxes," where did one fox say that he would meet up with the other after parting?

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

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

4. According to the story "The Ashes of Hallaj," what are made of "nothing in the one unchanging light of Truth's eternal sun"?

5. What did the "narrator" (the hoopoe) compare the beggar to in the story "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz"?

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