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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 2, Desire & New Silk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?
(a) Becomes a double agent.
(b) Falls in love instantly.
(c) Is taken prisoner immediately.
(d) Is tricked and poisoned.

2. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?
(a) Grown in confusion.
(b) Remained the same.
(c) Changed.
(d) Grown in contempt.

3. What was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?
(a) He was afraid of horses.
(b) He spoke seven languages.
(c) He had visions.
(d) He had no facial hair.

4. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?
(a) Love and unity.
(b) Travel and loss.
(c) Hate and separation.
(d) Marriage and divorce.

5. In this book, the term "nafs" refers to what?
(a) A style of poetry developed by Rumi.
(b) The highest state of enlightenment.
(c) The part of the soul associated with desires.
(d) A food commonly consumed during Rumi's time.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to being a religious leader, Rumi was a what?

2. How did Rumi's father teach him?

3. In many of Rumi's poems, not only in Book 1, Chapter 2, but throughout the whole book, his distinction between "me" and "you" is what?

4. In Rumi's string metaphor, the string connects two animals by their what?

5. Which of the following best describes the word exoteric?

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