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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. In the poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, about the king who loves the girl, what is Rumi's message about real love?
(a) Real love causes a person to do beautiful things.
(b) In rare cases, infatuation is equivalent to real love.
(c) Infatuation will do until real love is discovered.
(d) Real love depends on more than just physical beauty.

2. Which of the three brothers in Chapter 2, Book 2 ends up marrying the Chinese princess in the end?
(a) Oldest.
(b) Middle.
(c) None.
(d) Youngest.

3. In the folklore, Coleman Barks presents to introduce the poems of Chapter 2, Book 2, he writes about three men who teach others by:
(a) Laughing in the marketplace.
(b) Running through fields of sharp rocks.
(c) Living in a cave.
(d) Swimming with sharks.

4. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about the lame goat teaches readers how to be good:
(a) Spouses.
(b) Parents.
(c) Followers.
(d) Leaders.

5. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, Rumi writes about a deer dying in the paws of a:
(a) Wolf.
(b) Bear.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Lion.

Short Answer Questions

1. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?

2. The poem "On Being A Lover" is written in what format?

3. As the bond of friendship that Rumi writes about between a frog and its animal friend grows, the two animals find that their wish for each other's company:

4. In each of the love triangles presented in Chapter 2, Book 2, the woman's behavior:

5. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, how does the sick girl who has an "emotional thorn" and who is loved by a king get better?

(see the answer key)

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