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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Have Opened You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is NOT one of the ways in which Rumi writes, according to Barks in his commentary piece?
(a) For himself.
(b) For no one.
(c) For others.
(d) For glory.

2. Rumi became joyous, and then died, and then became a fool, according to his writing, and then became scattered _________.
(a) Water.
(b) Pebbles.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Thought.

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

4. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.
(a) Lesson.
(b) I.
(c) Truth.
(d) Correctedness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.

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

3. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.

4. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'

5. Shams asks Rumi who is greater, Muhammad the messenger of God, or ______ a mystic who claimed to be one with God.

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