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. Kharraqani has difficulties with his disapproving:
(a) Wife.
(b) Grandmother.
(c) Son.
(d) Father.

2. When speaking of sugar and vinegar, Rumi notes that a spoonful of vinegar:
(a) Cannot compare to the sweetness of a spoonful of sugar.
(b) Destroys a spoonful of sugar.
(c) Loses its potency in several pounds of sugar.
(d) Is more valuable than a pound of sugar.

3. How did Rumi's father teach him?
(a) Through hands-on, real-life experiences.
(b) Through music, math, and memorization.
(c) By leaving him many notes.
(d) By example.

4. 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?
(a) He falls in love with her.
(b) One of his men attacks him.
(c) The woman attacks him.
(d) He regrets his actions.

5. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, what happens to the poor man when he vomits?
(a) He's cast away.
(b) He's taken to the hospital.
(c) He's healed.
(d) He reaches a higher spiritual level.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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:

2. Rumi blends images from Christianity and Islam to:

3. In Rumi's string metaphor, the string connects two animals by their what?

4. Rumi lived during a time when brotherhood was expected between:

5. What happens to King Solomon's crown in one of the poems in Book 2, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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