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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) Psychologist.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Photographer.
(d) Satirist.

2. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?
(a) Hate and separation.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) Love and unity.
(d) Travel and loss.

3. When the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?
(a) Launders the garments and helps the man feel better.
(b) Leaves for three days while his servants clean the home.
(c) Laughs loudly and humiliates the man.
(d) Evicts him from his home.

4. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?
(a) Their egos.
(b) A mad dictator.
(c) Greed and hate.
(d) Sexual attraction.

5. In the poems about an unlikely friendship between two different animals, one of them being a frog, these two animals have very different what?
(a) Environmental needs.
(b) Life spans.
(c) Names.
(d) Sizes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who were Rumi's three main friends who inspired much of his poetry?

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

3. Over time, what has Coleman Barks been able to do with Rumi's poems?

4. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?

5. When did Coleman Barks first become interested in Rumi's poetry?

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