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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Have Such a Teacher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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.

2. Rumi uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Hard.
(b) Easy.
(c) Real.
(d) Fun.

3. In the poem, "Give ______ slowly" Rumi uses the new moon as a metaphor for patients and slowness in creation.
(a) Birth.
(b) Honor.
(c) Love.
(d) Truth.

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

5. Then, according to Rumi, the student felt love and became the __________ cast by the light of the teacher.
(a) Peace.
(b) Shadow.
(c) Witness.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.

2. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.

3. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.

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

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

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