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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. Who were Rumi's three main friends who inspired much of his poetry?
(a) Mehdi, Husam, and Malek.
(b) Saladin, Ahmad, and Sherzi.
(c) Shams, Saladin, and Husam.
(d) Amir, Shams, and Mohad.

2. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?
(a) Spiritual beauty.
(b) The passage of time.
(c) The illusion of happiness.
(d) False hope.

3. When did Coleman Barks first become interested in Rumi's poetry?
(a) 1985.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1976.
(d) 1952.

4. Rumi wrote freely about various religious figures because he was familiar with them and:
(a) Wanted to be diplomatic.
(b) Needed their teachings to support his images.
(c) Comfortable with their teachings.
(d) Wanted to point out their flaws.

5. For Coleman Barks, part of the experience of grasping Rumi's poems is what?
(a) Analytical.
(b) Transcendental.
(c) Impersonal.
(d) Scientific.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, where does the Caliph of a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 send the mysterious, beautiful woman from the city his men have invaded?

2. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?

3. In the folklore, Coleman Barks presents to introduce the poems of Chapter 2, Book 2, he writes about three men who teach others by:

4. After the girl whom the king loves gets better in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what does the doctor do?

5. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about the lame goat teaches readers how to be good:

(see the answer key)

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