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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 3, New Section.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?
(a) Sexual attraction.
(b) Their egos.
(c) A mad dictator.
(d) Greed and hate.

2. What does the least intelligent fish do in the tale of three fish in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Offends the other fish.
(b) Stares at the insects.
(c) Insults the crocodile.
(d) Jumps up and down.

3. Rumi's works are deeply:
(a) Irreverent.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Emotional.
(d) Sorrowful.

4. The poem "On Being A Lover" is written in what format?
(a) Question and answer session between a man and a woman.
(b) Recollection by an old man of his younger years.
(c) Song of lament by a woman who has lost her lover.
(d) Diary entry of a man who has lost his lover.

5. Compared to his older brothers, the youngest son who is interested in a Chinese princess in Chapter 2, Book 2 is:
(a) Handsome.
(b) Arrogant.
(c) Powerful.
(d) Timid.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi uses the image of Jesus Christ riding atop a donkey to explain a lesson about what?

2. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?

3. When the animal soul that Rumi refers to is lacking, it leads to what?

4. In a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:

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

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