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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 does the smartest of the three fish fear, in the story in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) His own weakness.
(b) His lack of faith.
(c) His friends' intentions.
(d) The other fish.

2. In some of his poems, Rumi refers to religious figures:
(a) From different faiths.
(b) Only that he knows personally.
(c) Only from his faith.
(d) From fiction.

3. What is one of the central teachings of Rumi?
(a) The cultivation of love.
(b) The elimination of sin.
(c) The search for eternal youth.
(d) The desire for power.

4. Who were Rumi's three main friends who inspired much of his poetry?
(a) Saladin, Ahmad, and Sherzi.
(b) Amir, Shams, and Mohad.
(c) Mehdi, Husam, and Malek.
(d) Shams, Saladin, and Husam.

5. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?
(a) Chimtal.
(b) Zari.
(c) Balkh.
(d) Kaldar.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, what happens when you put pond water into a larger body of water?

2. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:

3. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?

4. According to Rumi, how should one treat his or her baser nature?

5. For Coleman Barks, part of the experience of grasping Rumi's poems is what?

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