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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. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what gift does a prisoner receive?
(a) Prayer rug.
(b) New vest.
(c) New fork.
(d) Drinking cup.

2. How did Rumi's father teach him?
(a) Through hands-on, real-life experiences.
(b) By leaving him many notes.
(c) By example.
(d) Through music, math, and memorization.

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

4. 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) Kills the sorcerer.
(b) Strikes her lover dead.
(c) Becomes the king's lover.
(d) Reveals that the king is a fraud.

5. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:
(a) Bizarre characters.
(b) A mystical, mysterious story.
(c) A complete, self-contained story.
(d) Angelic teachers.

Short Answer Questions

1. In one poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi states that every sheik rides a lion, whether that lion is:

2. 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:

3. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?

4. When the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?

5. Despite high tension between different religions during his lifetime, Rumi was able to do what?

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