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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Come Back, My Friend" is a poem about the many times that Rumi has lost connection with his ___________.
(a) Loved one.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Studies.
(d) Home.

2. When Rumi's teacher would wash his hands, the water would turn to ___________, according to Rumi.
(a) Silver.
(b) Ash.
(c) Light.
(d) Gold.

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

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

5. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.
(a) Mountain.
(b) Flower.
(c) Book.
(d) Poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barks points out the use of the word "_______" in one of the poems to be intended for the end of a vigil.

2. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.

3. Barks writes in the commentary that Rumi was asked once why we wrote so much since he valued ___________.

4. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.

5. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.

Short Essay Questions

1. What happens as the result of surrendering to love, according to the writings of Rumi?

2. What does Rumi say that he doesn't regret in his life, according to one of his poems?

3. What does the teacher say about speaking scripture, according to the writings of Rumi?

4. What is essential in the windows of one heart to another, according to the writings of Rumi?

5. What does Barks ask a reader to do in relation to being in a state of spirituality?

6. What did the poet's teacher teach him to do, according to the writings of Rumi?

7. When Shams asks about if the drop stays still in the ocean, what does he tell Rumi to do?

8. What happened to his crying when the poet was brought to life, according to the writings of Rumi?

9. How does Rumi describe the idea of love in the last section of these poems?

10. How does Rumi describe the person named David in his writings and poems?

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