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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Whom did the heron say that he loved and, therefore, could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?
(a) The sea.
(b) His partner.
(c) His nest.
(d) His homeland.

3. Shiekh Sam'an's people left for __________.
(a) The mountains.
(b) The caves of David.
(c) Mecca.
(d) Rau.

4. Whose head did Abraham try to cut off?
(a) Goliath.
(b) David.
(c) Nimrod.
(d) Moses.

5. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?
(a) Hate.
(b) Riches.
(c) Pride.
(d) The Self.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did the nightingale claim that he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

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

3. On what mountain peak did the Simorgh live?

4. Where did the hawk claim to perch daily?

5. With whom, according to the hoopoe, would the pheasant reign?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did a "cowardly bird" protest going on the quest for the Simorgh?

2. Why could the dervish and the princess not be together?

3. What must the francolin do with his Self?

4. According to the text, how does an earthly king act?

5. What was the problem with love according to the hoopoe?

6. Why was the murderer allowed access into heaven?

7. Describe the parrot's plumage.

8. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

9. What was the hoopoe's response to the partridge's excuse for not wanting to go on the quest for the Simorgh?

10. What happened in China in regard to the Simorgh?

(see the answer keys)

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