View a FREE sample

This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi suggests "My _____ is from elsewhere. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."
(a) Mind.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Body.
(d) Soul.

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

3. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"
(a) Lead.
(b) Iron.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

4. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."
(a) Horse's.
(b) Dog's.
(c) Camel's.
(d) Goat's.

5. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Steel.
(d) Silver.

6. Rumi describes paying attention to the breath and letting go of the _______ with outward breaths.
(a) Self.
(b) Fears.
(c) Attachments.
(d) Love.

7. Barks reminds the reader about how often ______ is used as a piece of advice for calming one's self.
(a) Praying.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Chanting.
(d) Walking.

8. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?
(a) Rumi.
(b) Ramakrishna.
(c) Shams.
(d) Bawa.

9. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.
(a) Shams.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Balkh.
(d) Bestami.

10. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."
(a) Temple.
(b) Pillow.
(c) Kaaba.
(d) Cotton.

11. According to the book, the eye is for _______; the soul for joy. The head is for loving; the legs for running.
(a) Trusting.
(b) Seeing.
(c) Visioning.
(d) Believing.

12. Rumi relishes things like walking, meditation, and fasting as they help to bring a person into ____________.
(a) The moment.
(b) Themselves.
(c) A new love.
(d) The connection with God.

13. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.
(a) Camel.
(b) Person.
(c) Vessel.
(d) Car.

14. Whose table is spread with better food when a person fasts, according to Rumi?
(a) Jesus'.
(b) Allah's.
(c) Muhammad's.
(d) Jehovah's.

15. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Truth.
(c) Moonshine.
(d) Dawn.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.

2. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.

3. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.

4. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.

5. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 443 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample