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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. What happened after Shams disappeared a second time?
(a) He fell off a cliff.
(b) He never came back.
(c) He went to work for another school.
(d) He married and had five children.

2. How did others regard Shams?
(a) They felt they could not completely trust him.
(b) They were jealous of the friendship between Shams and Rumi.
(c) They were concerned by the rivalry between Shams and Rumi.
(d) They felt he would make a benevolent ruler.

3. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:
(a) Comforted.
(b) Duped.
(c) Transformed.
(d) Discombobulated.

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

5. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?
(a) Release from shame.
(b) Self-control.
(c) Illusions.
(d) Strength and power.

Short Answer Questions

1. While in the frying pan, what epiphany does a fish have in Book 2, Chapter 1?

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

3. Saladin of Zarkub was what?

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

5. After Shams went away the first time, how did he return?

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