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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. When speaking to the camel in the story in Book 1, Chapter 3, the mouse admits that it is what?
(a) A bear in disguise.
(b) Tough.
(c) A lion in disguise.
(d) Afraid.
2. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?
(a) Companion.
(b) Employer.
(c) Cousin.
(d) Brother.
3. When the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?
(a) Evicts him from his home.
(b) Leaves for three days while his servants clean the home.
(c) Laughs loudly and humiliates the man.
(d) Launders the garments and helps the man feel better.
4. Before responding to the king's command in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does Ayaz do?
(a) Prays to God for guidance.
(b) Reads at least forty books to learn how others handled the situation.
(c) Consults with the King's daughter.
(d) Notices how at least thirty other men respond to the command.
5. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:
(a) Comforted.
(b) Transformed.
(c) Duped.
(d) Discombobulated.
Short Answer Questions
1. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?
2. How did Rumi's father teach him?
3. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?
4. In this book, the term "nafs" refers to what?
5. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?
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