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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. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?
(a) Teacher and student.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Same gender.
(d) Family.

2. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?
(a) Is taken prisoner immediately.
(b) Falls in love instantly.
(c) Becomes a double agent.
(d) Is tricked and poisoned.

3. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?
(a) Ten thousand lines.
(b) Two thousand lines.
(c) Two hundred lines.
(d) A hundred twenty lines.

4. How many additional poems were translated and included in the New Expanded Edition?
(a) 92.
(b) 23.
(c) 81.
(d) 58.

5. Rumi's works are deeply:
(a) Irreverent.
(b) Emotional.
(c) Sorrowful.
(d) Humorous.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:

2. What main lesson does Rumi impart through his poem about a man who wants a tattoo in Book 1, Chapter 2?

3. Much of Rumi's poetry is:

4. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?

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

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