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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. According to a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, what happens when you put pond water into a larger body of water?
(a) The water molecules are still separate.
(b) The pond mourns its loss.
(c) The original water disappears.
(d) The larger body of water is enriched.

2. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?
(a) Release from shame.
(b) Strength and power.
(c) Illusions.
(d) Self-control.

3. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?
(a) Life's sorrows.
(b) Inner life.
(c) Imaginary life.
(d) Life after death.

4. Many of Rumi's poems are so personal that they help readers reconnect to what?
(a) Their analytical sides.
(b) Childhood notions.
(c) Their emotional centers.
(d) Practical ideas.

5. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?
(a) Kaldar.
(b) Zari.
(c) Chimtal.
(d) Balkh.

Short Answer Questions

1. When the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?

2. As the bond of friendship that Rumi writes about between a frog and its animal friend grows, the two animals find that their wish for each other's company:

3. Rumi uses the metaphor of a string between two animals to represent what?

4. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?

5. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?

(see the answer key)

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