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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. In the end, where does the Caliph of a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 send the mysterious, beautiful woman from the city his men have invaded?
(a) To another city.
(b) Back to the captain.
(c) To a monastery.
(d) Back to her family.

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

3. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?
(a) Emotional baggage.
(b) Earthly connection.
(c) Hint of sadness.
(d) Spiritual component.

4. According to Rumi, when the individual ego disappears and dissipates into God, this can be understood as what?
(a) Cause for confusion.
(b) True.
(c) Cause for celebration.
(d) False.

5. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) The woman attacks him.
(b) He regrets his actions.
(c) He falls in love with her.
(d) One of his men attacks him.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?

3. As the bond of friendship that Rumi writes about between a frog and its animal friend grows, the two animals find that their wish for each other's company:

4. How many years did it take Coleman Barks to truly comprehend Shams Tabriz through Rumi's poetry?

5. How did Rumi's father teach him?

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