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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. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about the lame goat teaches readers how to be good:
(a) Followers.
(b) Spouses.
(c) Leaders.
(d) Parents.

2. In each of the love triangles presented in Chapter 2, Book 2, the woman's behavior:
(a) Saves the day.
(b) Is difficult to translate.
(c) Changes with each story.
(d) Remains the same throughout all the stories.

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

4. Many of Rumi's poems reveal that life is not two-dimensional; on the contrary, it is very:
(a) Unfair.
(b) Complex.
(c) Flat.
(d) Boring.

5. In a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:
(a) Comfort.
(b) Love.
(c) Secrecy.
(d) Complacency.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?

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

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

4. In some of his poems, Rumi refers to religious figures:

5. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?

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