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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?
(a) The son of Bayazid.
(b) A slave of Bayazid and Tarmazi.
(c) The son of Tarmazi.
(d) A master of the Way.

2. What was the asking price for Jacob?
(a) Four horses.
(b) Thirty-five sheep.
(c) Five tubs of musk.
(d) Ten camels.

3. Why did the man from "A Lord Who Loved a Beer-Seller" act like a drunkard?
(a) To be closer to the Devil.
(b) To hide his sorrows.
(c) To be near a boy.
(d) To fake his mental unrest.

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

5. What is the name of the scholar's task that describes the process of determining the actions/sayings of the Prophet Mohammad to be genuine?
(a) Hadith.
(b) Qua'am.
(c) Levetiz.
(d) Sam'an.

6. The stone man was known as ___________.
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Forgotten dreams.
(c) Respect.
(d) Fear.

7. What did the prisoners hang as decorations to welcome their king back to the capital?
(a) Orange blooms.
(b) Grapes.
(c) Severed heads.
(d) Deceased animals.

8. According to the hoopoe, what led those who started along the Way?
(a) Hope.
(b) Fear.
(c) Morality.
(d) Love.

9. What object struck the naked madman on the head as he was looking for shelter from the cold?
(a) A broken and frozen branch.
(b) A frozen apple.
(c) A roof tile.
(d) A window shutter.

10. Who did Ahmad Hanbal consult when he felt that his mind was inadequate to answer a question?
(a) A beggar.
(b) God.
(c) An owl.
(d) His mystic.

11. What did the "sad, old woman" ask Mahna's shiekh to teach her how to do?
(a) Pray.
(b) Read.
(c) Sing.
(d) Write.

12. What was wrong with the fruit that the "good-hearted monarch" gave to his favorite slave?
(a) It was worm-filled.
(b) It was rotten.
(c) It was hard.
(d) It was bitter.

13. Who did the judge say must pay for the murdered animal that the rich neighbor lent to the poor man, given the poor man could not pay for the animal (it died while he was borrowing it)?
(a) The mother of the poor man.
(b) The judge offerd to pay.
(c) God.
(d) The rich man would have to absorb the loss.

14. The bird that burned with aspiration said his soul was devoured by_________.
(a) Insatiate zeal.
(b) Fear.
(c) Nothingness.
(d) Hate.

15. What did the "good-hearted monarch" give to his favorite slave?
(a) An apple.
(b) A grape.
(c) A pear.
(d) A kiwi.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What kind of voice spoke to the "faithless Molsem" from heaven?

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

4. What was the metaphor based upon the following tenet: "When my exchequer has no love to give"?

5. According to the peasant in the desert ("Sheikh Mahna and the Peasant"), what hides the musk of the hunted deer?

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