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

2. What happened when the Shiekh Sam'an drank wine?

3. What is the real reason that the nightingale said he could not go on the journey to find the Simorgh?

4. Why is the Way lifeless-according to the hoopoe?

5. According to the hoopoe's story about the spider, how did the spider spend his days?

Short Essay Questions

1. How did Abbasseh describe the Self?

2. What was the meaning behind the story "A Pauper in Love with the King of Egypt"?

3. What was the "glance of Solomon"?

4. What must the francolin do with his Self?

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

6. What happened after the hoopoe was chosen as their leader?

7. Describe the parrot's plumage.

8. How did the hoopoe define a lover while he was advising the birds?

9. What did the birds ask the hoopoe about regarding the Way?

10. What will the quest do for the birds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

The introduction of the book defines the use of metaphors as not typical of what an English reader would understand. Choose three examples of Attar's use of a metaphor and explain his use of the metaphor in the text.

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 hoopoe. Who is the hoopoe? Who does he represent? What imagery is associated with him? What are his characteristics? Why is he important to the book?

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