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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did the dervish ask of God in regard to the famine of Egypt?

2. What did God force the angel, who knew his secret about Adam, wear around his neck?

3. God breathed a pure soul into Adam's __________.

4. What name did the "ancient crone" give to Jacob when shouting to the seller about him?

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. What did the lover of the man who slept all the time write on the note that she attached to his sleeve?

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

4. Describe the stone man.

5. 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?

6. How did the hoopoe answer the bird that claimed to be satisfied with his spiritual state and, therefore, did not need to go on the quest to see the Simorgh?

7. Describe the Valley of Detachment.

8. What must one do to find God in the Valley of the Quest?

9. What did the hoopoe say about audacity being allowed before the Simorgh?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Discuss the personification of the Self, Love, Truth, Unity, Reality, and the Way. How are these personified? Why are they personified? What purpose does the personification serve in respect to the lesson that Attar was trying to teach?

Essay Topic 2

The introduction of the book describes Attar's favorite literary device as the anaphora. Address the following in a paper: What is an anaphora? Why did Attar choose to use the anaphora? What purpose did the anaphora serve in the book? Give multiple examples of anaphoras used in the text and describe their use.

Essay Topic 3

Discuss the different perils of the seven valleys. What did each valley possess that created a conflict for the journey. Why did the birds fear the valley? What did it mean for the birds that made it through each valley? What did each valley represent in life?

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