The Essential Rumi Quiz

Jalal ad-Din Muhammad Balkhi-Rumi

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Questions 1-5 of 25:

1.

In the poem in Book 2, Chapter 3 where a group is terribly jealous of a particular man, who is this man? (from Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 3, New Section)

Hafid.

Amir.

Husam.

Ayaz.

2.

In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do? (from Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 1, Islam & Christianity in the Middle East)

Take a loaf of bread to his family.

Exercise vigorously.

Pay him back.

Sleep for three days.

3.

Compared to his older brothers, the youngest son who is interested in a Chinese princess in Chapter 2, Book 2 is: (from Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn)

Powerful.

Arrogant.

Timid.

Handsome.

4.

In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, the girl that a king falls in love with becomes ill, which concerns him greatly. What does he do? (from Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn)

Prays for her recovery.

Sends her away.

Asks a servant to make her some soup.

Sends for a doctor.

5.

At times, God appears in Rumi's poems as a presence and at other times God is compared to: (from Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 3, Union through Rough Metaphor)

The Judge.

The Professor.

The Tempter.

The Friend.

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