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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 1, Introduction & The Tavern through to Feeling Separation.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happened after Shams disappeared a second time?
(a) He fell off a cliff.
(b) He never came back.
(c) He went to work for another school.
(d) He married and had five children.

3. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:
(a) Duped.
(b) Discombobulated.
(c) Comforted.
(d) Transformed.

4. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?
(a) Inner life.
(b) Life's sorrows.
(c) Imaginary life.
(d) Life after death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?

2. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?

3. What was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?

4. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?

5. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?

(see the answer key)

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