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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 3, Union through Rough Metaphor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What post did Rumi inherit?
(a) King.
(b) Scribe.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Sheik.

2. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?
(a) Introduction.
(b) Chapter Three.
(c) Appendix.
(d) Conclusion.

3. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?
(a) A hundred twenty lines.
(b) Two hundred lines.
(c) Ten thousand lines.
(d) Two thousand lines.

4. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:
(a) Get the reader to come up with his or her own judgments.
(b) Expand upon Barks' discomfort with each.
(c) Add a new twist to the message of each poem.
(d) Help the reader interpret each poem.

5. What is a Caliph?
(a) Student.
(b) Leader.
(c) Teacher.
(d) Doctor.

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. In the story of a camel and a mouse found in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does the camel do when the two reach a body of water?

3. How many years did it take Coleman Barks to truly comprehend Shams Tabriz through Rumi's poetry?

4. In this book, the term "nafs" refers to what?

5. According to Rumi, how should one treat his or her baser nature?

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