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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come to the Orchard.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Esau.
(d) Jesus.

3. Rumi states that "the human shape is a _______ made of distraction and pain, trying to open the image of itself."
(a) Sphere.
(b) Circle.
(c) Ghost.
(d) Bowl.

4. Rumi uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Fun.
(b) Real.
(c) Hard.
(d) Easy.

5. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Spear.
(b) Knife.
(c) Hatchet.
(d) Sword.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.

2. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.

3. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."

4. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.

5. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.

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