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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What images in the book does Barks say reflect the idea of openings within the world and in the poems?
(a) Cages.
(b) Birds.
(c) Windows.
(d) Doors.

2. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.
(a) A song.
(b) Each other.
(c) Nature.
(d) An idea.

3. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.
(a) Honor.
(b) Love.
(c) Pray.
(d) Live.

4. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.
(a) Sea.
(b) Air.
(c) Sun.
(d) Bible.

5. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.
(a) Old cook.
(b) Old woman.
(c) Old man.
(d) Old child.

6. Rumi also believes that a reader should _________, even if they don't mean it at first.
(a) Pray.
(b) Discuss.
(c) Sing.
(d) Talk.

7. Barks asks the reader to be in a state of _______ instead of reading about it, to live the connection about which Rumi speaks.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Study.
(d) Understanding.

8. Rumi asks the reader to welcome all __________ in one's life, even the ones which are negative.
(a) Animals.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Emotions.
(d) People.

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

10. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.
(a) Secrets.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Elements.
(d) Clouds.

11. Rumi notes that everywhere a reader goes, they will perceive others as they themselves are, just as a _________ will ignore the amazing city of Baghdad.
(a) Fly.
(b) Ant.
(c) Child.
(d) Cow.

12. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.
(a) Order.
(b) Calm.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Madness.

13. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.
(a) Thought.
(b) Room.
(c) Tree.
(d) Jail.

14. Rumi decided to answer that he wrote so much because no ________ came from the radiance inside of him.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Words.
(c) Peace.
(d) Truth.

15. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.
(a) Others.
(b) Animals.
(c) Hurt.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet calls out for his _____'s return and to re-live their union during the course of one of his poems.

2. Rumi became joyous, and then died, and then became a fool, according to his writing, and then became scattered _________.

3. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.

4. The poets asks for a __________ to climb into the Friend, and the response is that this item is in the person's head.

5. When Rumi's teacher would wash his hands, the water would turn to ___________, according to Rumi.

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