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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. According to Rumi, how should one treat his or her baser nature?
(a) With severe strictness.
(b) With kindness.
(c) Passionately.
(d) Cautiously.

2. In Rumi's string metaphor, the string connects two animals by their what?
(a) Ankles.
(b) Wrists.
(c) Necks.
(d) Ears.

3. Despite high tension between different religions during his lifetime, Rumi was able to do what?
(a) Raise his children in a multi-faith home.
(b) Remain unaffiliated with any religion.
(c) Sustain peaceful conditions.
(d) Attend a different house of worship each week.

4. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?
(a) The passage of time.
(b) Spiritual beauty.
(c) False hope.
(d) The illusion of happiness.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Several of Rumi's poems in Book 2, Chapter 1 are about King Solomon and the Queen of:

2. When the animal soul that Rumi refers to is lacking, it leads to what?

3. When somebody goes looking for Kharraqani, he finds him doing what?

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

5. Who is Kharraqani?

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