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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Have Opened You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Holly.
(b) Bush.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Rose.

2. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.
(a) Ledge.
(b) Window.
(c) Roof.
(d) Stone.

3. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Breathing.
(b) Living.
(c) Wandering.
(d) Knowing.

4. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.
(a) Question.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Tear.
(d) Rattle.

5. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."
(a) Snake.
(b) Worm.
(c) Bird.
(d) Ferret.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.

2. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.

3. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"

4. Rumi talks to the reader about the desired kiss as the _________ coming up into the lips of a person.

5. The poet says the he would die into _______, as clouds might disappear into the sun, according to his writings.

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