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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Parents may give children their love, but not their __________.
(a) Thoughts.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Money.
(d) Silence.

2. Who asks Almustafa about laws?
(a) A mentor
(b) A lawyer
(c) A mason
(d) A judge

3. What keeps Almustafa from speaking at first?
(a) People
(b) He's mute
(c) Tears
(d) Sickness

4. Joy is _______ unmasked.
(a) Longing
(b) Happiness
(c) Sorrow
(d) Regret

5. Who is the person who asks about giving?
(a) A rich man
(b) A poet
(c) A new mother
(d) A dying elder

6. Who asks Almustafa about freedom?
(a) A judge
(b) An orator
(c) A lawyer
(d) A servant

7. Whose part in a wife's infidelity should be weighed?
(a) The husband's
(b) The family's
(c) The wife's
(d) The cheating partner

8. When traveling with the wind, one needs no __________.
(a) Plans
(b) Map
(c) Weather vane
(d) Partner

9. What lies no higher than the lowest foundation of stones of a temple?
(a) The pedestal
(b) The walls
(c) The altar
(d) The cornerstone

10. What is not included in the explanation of #27 when Almustafa speaks?
(a) Strings of a lute
(b) Wings of a bird
(c) Pillars of the temple
(d) Trees in the forest

11. What can Almustafa not speak to the Orphalese people?
(a) English
(b) Casual slang
(c) A certain verse
(d) His innermost secret

12. Almustafa says he can speak only of what?
(a) Only of what he has learned
(b) What moves within their souls
(c) What they already heard from Almitra
(d) What the politicians say he can speak of

13. What should one meditate on?
(a) Riches.
(b) Peace.
(c) Completeness.
(d) Love's ecstasy.

14. Marriage should leave what?
(a) Solitude
(b) Peace
(c) Personal space
(d) Longing

15. How does Almustafa feel about boarding the ship?
(a) Anxious
(b) Bittersweet
(c) Excited
(d) Dreadful

Short Answer Questions

1. Marriage should give one's heart into the _______________.

2. Who is the seer?

3. Who should leave the marketplace empty handed?

4. Breaking laws is like children who build ________________, only to smash them with glee.

5. Who asks Almustafa about children?

(see the answer keys)

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