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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rise Up Nimbly and Go on Your Strange Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.
(a) Christians
(b) Muslims.
(c) Jews.
(d) Taoists.

2. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Shams.
(b) Shiraz.
(c) Moses.
(d) Solomon.

3. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Ivy.
(b) Holly.
(c) Bush.
(d) Rose.

4. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Sword.
(b) Nail.
(c) Spear.
(d) Knife.

5. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.
(a) Iron.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Jeweled.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.

2. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.

3. Rumi instructs us to "consider what the prophets have done. ______ wore fire for an anklet, Moses spoke to the sea."

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

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

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