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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is Reynold Nicholson?
(a) Critic who disliked Rumi's work.
(b) Writer who wrote a complete biography about Rumi.
(c) Religious leader who quoted from Rumi's poems extensively.
(d) Scholar who attempted to translate some of Rumi's poems.

2. After the girl whom the king loves gets better in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what does the doctor do?
(a) Strikes her lover dead.
(b) Becomes the king's lover.
(c) Kills the sorcerer.
(d) Reveals that the king is a fraud.

3. Which of the following best describes the word exoteric?
(a) Open teachings.
(b) Incomprehensible words.
(c) Secret rituals.
(d) Humorous sayings.

4. In some of his poems, Rumi refers to religious figures:
(a) From fiction.
(b) From different faiths.
(c) Only that he knows personally.
(d) Only from his faith.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?

3. Rumi's works are deeply:

4. Which of the three fish in the fish story in Book 2, Chapter 1, ends up getting caught?

5. What does the fish with medium intelligence do in the tale of three fish in Book 2, Chapter 1?

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