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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 2, Desire & New Silk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Coleman Barks?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Satirist.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Psychologist.

2. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, about a man who wants a tattoo, what dilemma does he face?
(a) He has no money for one.
(b) He regrets his decision upon feeling the pain.
(c) His wife disapproves of tattoos.
(d) Tattoos are considered evil.

3. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:
(a) A complete, self-contained story.
(b) Angelic teachers.
(c) Bizarre characters.
(d) A mystical, mysterious story.

4. Coleman Barks is famous for what?
(a) Translating Rumi's work in to English.
(b) Translating Rumi's work in to Russian.
(c) Teaching a Rumi poetry class at Colorado State University.
(d) Teaching a Rumi poetry class at Baylor University.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?

2. What was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?

3. In the poems about an unlikely friendship between two different animals, one of them being a frog, these two animals have very different what?

4. In many of Rumi's poems, not only in Book 1, Chapter 2, but throughout the whole book, his distinction between "me" and "you" is what?

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

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