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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 believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.
(a) House.
(b) Mission.
(c) Journey.
(d) Branch.

2. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Jesus.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) Buddha.

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) Bowl.
(d) Ghost.

4. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.
(a) Moses.
(b) Shams.
(c) Shiraz.
(d) Bestami.

5. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.
(a) Sweethearts.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Students.
(d) Birds.

Short Answer Questions

1. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."

2. Rumi points out that while others are laughing and dancing, there are few who will hear the ________ hidden within the notes.

3. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.

4. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."

5. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."

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