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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whole Catastrophe.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.
(a) Balkh.
(b) Konya.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Muhammad.

2. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Binge.
(c) Drunkeness.
(d) Lethargy.

3. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Shams.
(d) Solomon.

4. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.
(a) Elephant.
(b) Camel.
(c) Donkey.
(d) Horse.

5. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.
(a) Zuleikha.
(b) Nefertiti.
(c) Isis.
(d) Zulu.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

2. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.

3. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.

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

5. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

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