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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 refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.
(a) The mother.
(b) The father.
(c) The daughter.
(d) The friend.
2. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Muhammad.
3. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Lute.
(b) River.
(c) Bugle.
(d) Reed.
4. The journey is a practice of ____________, rather than studying or learning with logic from the mind.
(a) Experiencing.
(b) Falling.
(c) Practicing.
(d) Jumping.
5. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."
(a) Moon.
(b) Son.
(c) Sun.
(d) Stars.
Short Answer Questions
1. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.
2. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.
3. Shams asks Rumi who is greater, Muhammad the messenger of God, or ______ a mystic who claimed to be one with God.
4. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.
5. Rumi was able to take all the usual existential issues that human beings face on a daily basis and change them to ______.
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