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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come Back, My Friend.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is the character Rumi describes as a metalworker, making new shapes out of locks and chains.
(a) Jacob.
(b) Thomas.
(c) Joseph.
(d) David.

2. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.
(a) Dance.
(b) Song.
(c) Honor.
(d) Wine.

3. Rumi advises the reader to disappear with the _________ each month and to bend like a tree limb.
(a) Moon.
(b) Animals.
(c) Tides.
(d) Sun.

4. Rumi's poem begins by stating that this state of being is the only _______ of which he knows.
(a) Truth.
(b) Water.
(c) Death.
(d) Peace.

5. The poet notes that he is nothing, not from an origin story, not body or __________, according to the writing.
(a) Truth.
(b) Endings.
(c) Happiness.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi gives advice about how to deal with hardship, "The cure for the ______ is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed."

2. When one begins to break down, Rumi says this is _________ and a feeling of being outside of time.

3. Rumi asks the reader to welcome all __________ in one's life, even the ones which are negative.

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

5. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

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