Question
This author wrote a collection that contains fictional romances of both Bahram Guro and Alexander the Great, as well as Koshrow and Shirin. For 10 points each:
[10h] Name this poet who wrote about the ill-fated lovers Laila and Majnun and the Seven Princesses in his Khamsa.
ANSWER: Nizami Ganjavi [or Nezami]
[10m] Much of the Khamsa retells stories found in this poet’s Shahnameh, which also contains the tragedy of Rostam and Sohrab.
ANSWER: Ferdowsi [or Abul-Qâsem Ferdowsi Tusi]
[10e] Both the Khamsa and the Shahnameh were written in this verse form that typifies Persian love ghazals. This poetic form consists of two lines that have the same meter and rhyme.
ANSWER: couplet [or distich]
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