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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Coleman Barks is famous for what?
(a) Teaching a Rumi poetry class at Baylor University.
(b) Translating Rumi's work in to Russian.
(c) Translating Rumi's work in to English.
(d) Teaching a Rumi poetry class at Colorado State University.

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, Rumi writes about a deer dying in the paws of a:
(a) Tiger.
(b) Bear.
(c) Wolf.
(d) Lion.

4. According to Rumi, people who choose from their own free will come from:
(a) Love.
(b) Fear.
(c) Immorality.
(d) Confusion.

5. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?
(a) Spiritual component.
(b) Earthly connection.
(c) Hint of sadness.
(d) Emotional baggage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

2. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:

3. What is a Caliph?

4. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do?

5. Rumi lived during a time when brotherhood was expected between:

(see the answer key)

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