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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 1, Islam & Christianity in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi blends images from Christianity and Islam to:
(a) Point out the absurdity of religion.
(b) Try to reconcile all people in his village.
(c) Create his own stories.
(d) Enforce religion upon his students.

2. What does the fish with medium intelligence do in the tale of three fish in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) He laughs at the first fish.
(b) He finds a solution to his predicament.
(c) He rushes after the first fish.
(d) He eats two bugs.

3. In one poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi uses the image of Jesus Christ riding atop a donkey to explain a lesson about what?
(a) The master becoming the servant.
(b) The divine living in the human world.
(c) The rational mind and the animalistic nature of mankind.
(d) The lack of pretense when one is self-confident.

4. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do?
(a) Sleep for three days.
(b) Take a loaf of bread to his family.
(c) Exercise vigorously.
(d) Pay him back.

5. Many of Rumi's poems are so personal that they help readers reconnect to what?
(a) Childhood notions.
(b) Their emotional centers.
(c) Their analytical sides.
(d) Practical ideas.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In this book, the term "nafs" refers to what?

3. In addition to being a religious leader, Rumi was a what?

4. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?

5. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

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