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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. "Cry Out In Your Weakness" is a poem about:
(a) Justice.
(b) Strength.
(c) Punishment.
(d) Weakness.

2. Along with the gift that the prisoner receives in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what unexpected useful addition does he get?
(a) Food to sustain him.
(b) Information about his loved ones.
(c) Songs to sustain him.
(d) Information to facilitate his escape.

3. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:
(a) Add a new twist to the message of each poem.
(b) Expand upon Barks' discomfort with each.
(c) Help the reader interpret each poem.
(d) Get the reader to come up with his or her own judgments.

4. At times, God appears in Rumi's poems as a presence and at other times God is compared to:
(a) The Friend.
(b) The Professor.
(c) The Tempter.
(d) The Judge.

5. When the animal soul Rumi writes about is in proper balance, it:
(a) Supports the human.
(b) Endangers the human.
(c) Disappears.
(d) Brings about defeat.

Short Answer Questions

1. When speaking to the camel in the story in Book 1, Chapter 3, the mouse admits that it is what?

2. In one of the love stories of Chapter 2, Book 2, what happens when three sons meet a powerful Chinese princess?

3. What is a Caliph?

4. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?

5. Much of Rumi's poetry is:

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