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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. According to the beggar in "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz," what would make a beggar an equal to the court?
(a) Love.
(b) Pride.
(c) Hope.
(d) Fate.

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

3. What did the "faithless Moslem" and the "faithful infidel" stop at points during their fighting to do?
(a) Eat.
(b) Pray.
(c) Sleep.
(d) Rest.

4. Who was Majnoun searching for in the dust of the highway?
(a) Jehoel.
(b) Haniel.
(c) Leili.
(d) Nisroc.

5. Where did Sheikh Ghouri take refuge at when he met a "group of crazy fools"?
(a) At a market under a collection of tables.
(b) Under a bridge.
(c) In a cave.
(d) In an abandoned tent.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the hoopoe say must be empty for the heart to purify itself in the Valley of the Quest?

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

3. What price did Ibrahim Adham pay for poverty?

4. For travelers, what disappeared in the Valley of Detachment?

5. Who dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why did the bat wish to see the sun?

2. From the story "The Beggar Who Fell in Love with Ayaz," how was it justified that a beggar could be seen as an equal in royal court?

3. What did the hoopoe tell the birds to expect in the Valley of Love?

4. Describe the Valley of Detachment.

5. Why did the slave not complain about the apple that his king gave to him?

6. What did the "faithless Moslem" think about doing when the "faithful infidel" was bent in prayer?

7. Why was Husain, the son of Ali, killed?

8. Describe the stone man.

9. According to the story "The Lover Who Wanted to Kill his Beloved," what must one do to be pious and reach the Lord?

10. What did Mahna's shiekh tell the old woman about how to pray?

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