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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 2, Desire & New Silk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

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

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

4. Who is Coleman Barks?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Psychologist.
(c) Satirist.
(d) Scholar.

5. In Rumi's string metaphor, the string connects two animals by their what?
(a) Wrists.
(b) Ankles.
(c) Ears.
(d) Necks.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, about a man who wants a tattoo, what dilemma does he face?

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

3. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?

4. What main lesson does Rumi impart through his poem about a man who wants a tattoo in Book 1, Chapter 2?

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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