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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, Into the Soup.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.
(a) Shams.
(b) Moses.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) St. Francis.

2. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.
(a) Surface.
(b) Outer.
(c) Inner.
(d) Lower.

3. The ________ speaking scripture brings the dead students of scripture to life, according to Rumi.
(a) Teacher.
(b) Stone.
(c) Cloud.
(d) Book.

4. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.
(a) Hurt.
(b) Animals.
(c) Books.
(d) Others.

5. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Steel.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.

2. Barks reminds the reader about how often ______ is used as a piece of advice for calming one's self.

3. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.

4. The robe of the teacher creates _________, according to Rumi, and the teacher also creates new life.

5. What season does Rumi say it always is within the human soul, according to his writing?

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