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

2. What post did Rumi inherit?
(a) Treasurer.
(b) Sheik.
(c) King.
(d) Scribe.

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

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

5. When did Coleman Barks first become interested in Rumi's poetry?
(a) 1976.
(b) 1969.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1985.

Short Answer Questions

1. When was Rumi born?

2. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?

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

4. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?

5. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?

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