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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. Which of the three fish in the fish story in Book 2, Chapter 1, ends up getting caught?
(a) The smartest one.
(b) The least intelligent one.
(c) The one of medium intelligence.
(d) None.

2. One of the messages of the poem about three brothers who fall in love with a princess in Chapter 2, Book 2, could well be concerning the importance of:
(a) Determination.
(b) Hierarchy.
(c) Confidence.
(d) Politeness.

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

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

5. Islam originated with:
(a) Buddha.
(b) Mohammad.
(c) Isaac.
(d) Jesus.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?

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

3. When speaking to the camel in the story in Book 1, Chapter 3, the mouse admits that it is what?

4. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

5. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what gift does a prisoner receive?

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