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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:
(a) Bizarre characters.
(b) A mystical, mysterious story.
(c) Angelic teachers.
(d) A complete, self-contained story.

2. In Rumi's string metaphor, the string connects two animals by their what?
(a) Wrists.
(b) Ears.
(c) Necks.
(d) Ankles.

3. Rumi uses the metaphor of a string between two animals to represent what?
(a) Imprisonment.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Secret connections.
(d) Selective hearing.

4. In the poem "Meadowsounds," Rumi devotes two lines to:
(a) Shams.
(b) Ayaz.
(c) Husam.
(d) Hallej.

5. In this book, the term "nafs" refers to what?
(a) The highest state of enlightenment.
(b) The part of the soul associated with desires.
(c) A food commonly consumed during Rumi's time.
(d) A style of poetry developed by Rumi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Are Rumi's friends mentioned directly in his poems?

2. As far as being a student, Husam Chelebi was:

3. What is the Mathnawi?

4. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?

5. When the animal soul that Rumi refers to is lacking, it leads to what?

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