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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. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.
(a) Birds.
(b) Students.
(c) Sweethearts.
(d) Teachers.

2. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.
(a) Moses.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Sultan Balkh.
(d) Sultan Veled.

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

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

5. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Wandering.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Knowing.
(d) Living.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi challenges us to "work in the ______ world as hard as we do in the visible" and to "be a companion with the prophets."

2. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.

3. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"

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

5. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.

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