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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 dreamed that he was the guide to Bayazid and Tarmazi?

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

3. What did Sheikh Ghouri tell Prince Sanjar that he must leave behind if he chose to be the men's enemy?

4. Who waited anxiously to see Joesph's face when he was up for sale as a slave?

5. Sheikh Kherghan said that his misery and pain lie __________.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What did the hoopoe say in regard to the length of the quest to see the Simorgh?

3. What were the two things that the Sheikh of Turkestan loved?

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

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

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

7. Describe the Valley of Detachment.

8. According to the hoopoe, why are loyalty and justice put beside "such majesty"?

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

10. What was the definition of justice that the hoopoe gave to the birds?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

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?

Essay Topic 2

Discuss the history of Farid Ud-Din Attar. Address several of the following: Who was he? Why was he important? What were his typical writings about? What was the relevance of the book The Conference of the Birds? What did Attar prove in writing the text? What did the text cost him? Who was Attar influenced by? Why was Attar influenced by Sufism?

Essay Topic 3

Religious figures and stories are intertwined throughout the novel. Discuss the usage of Christianity in the book. What does the use of Christian imagery and characters do to the meaning of the story? How did Attar use religion as an image in the book? Did the use of Christianity help in understanding the book? Why/Why not?

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