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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. Who did the hoopoe say the francolin had to reject?

2. What did the hoopoe say was the lure of the falcon?

3. Who was Uzza?

4. How many children were in the family of the fisherboy?

5. Where does one have to enter to have a "wave of indecision flood" them?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the birds decide they needed in a leader?

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

4. What did Socrates say to his student about burying him?

5. How did Abbasseh describe the Self?

6. What happened between Nimrod and the mosquitoes?

7. What will the quest do for the birds?

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

9. Why did the birds decide that they needed a king?

10. Why did the hoopoe compare the finch to Moses?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The entire book was about the "Way." How did Attar show that the journey was important to all of mankind? What did Attar show to prove that this is a journey that all mankind must choose to face? Use textual evidence to support reasoning.

Essay Topic 2

Two of the most important themes that traverse the book's entirety are the importance of passionate love and the destruction of the Self. However, many times these two themes are joined to show that one depends wholly on the other. Discuss the dependency that passionate love and the destruction of the self have throughout the book. Why do they depend on each other? What stories show this dependency, and how do the stories speak to the dependency? Use only details from the book for support.

Essay Topic 3

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?

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