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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. Chapter 2 of Book 2 includes a large quantity of:
(a) War stories.
(b) Animal fables.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Ghost tales.

2. What happens to King Solomon's crown in one of the poems in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Drops into the ocean.
(b) Keeps sliding down his forehead.
(c) Is carried away by four birds.
(d) Is stolen by four thieves.

3. Rumi explains to readers that in our lives, God can be both active and:
(a) Forceful.
(b) Loving.
(c) Indifferent.
(d) Silent.

4. A recurring theme prominent in Book 2, Chapter 2, is what?
(a) Celebration.
(b) Anger.
(c) Jealousy.
(d) Abuse.

5. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do?
(a) Pay him back.
(b) Sleep for three days.
(c) Take a loaf of bread to his family.
(d) Exercise vigorously.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the second love story in Chapter 2, Book 2, the three sons end up affected by their reactions to what?

2. What does the smartest of three fish do in the fish tale in Book 2, Chapter 1?

3. In the poem "Meadowsounds," Rumi devotes two lines to:

4. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 involving a complicated love triangle consisting of a man and two women, Rumi explores what subjects?

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

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