Cloze Test: Ferdowsi was a Persian poet and the author of Shahnameh, which is the world's longest epic poem created by a single poet, and the national epic of Greater Iran. Except for his kunya and his laqab, nothing is known with any (A) --------- about his full name. From an early period on, he (B) ---------- to by different additional names and titles, the most common one being Hakīm (philosopher"). (C) -----------, his full name is given in Persian (D) --------- as Hakīm Abu'l-Qāsim Firdowsī Țusī. Ferdowsi was buried in his own garden. A Ghaznavid governor of Khorasan constructed a mausoleum over the grave, and it became a revered site. The tomb, which has now become the (E) ---------- of a national shrine, was rebuilt between 1928 and 1934. Which is the best choice for the blank .......(A).......?
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2 certainty
3 purpose
4 symbol