E X E R C I S E 2: Choose the correct answer according to the passage.
1. From the information given in the passage, FirH-.vsi's Book of Kings could be
described as
A) an entirely fictional story about a mythical king of Persia
B) a poem about Persian kings from Khosrow II to his own day
C) a long poem based on an earlier historical account
D) the life story of the sultan of Ghanza
E) a translation into modern Iranian of an earlier Persian work
2. It is clear from the passage that Firdawsi wrote the poem
A) to impress the sultan in the hope of being accepted at his court
B) purely out of a love of history
C) in order to raise money required for his daughter's marriage
D) in a form of English quite similar to Shakespearean English
E) not long before his sudden death
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