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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 love stories of Chapter 2, Book 2, what happens when three sons meet a powerful Chinese princess?
(a) They fall in love with her.
(b) They become her husbands.
(c) They fall into the river.
(d) They become her prisoners.

2. In the poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, about the king who loves the girl, what is Rumi's message about real love?
(a) Real love depends on more than just physical beauty.
(b) Real love causes a person to do beautiful things.
(c) Infatuation will do until real love is discovered.
(d) In rare cases, infatuation is equivalent to real love.

3. When the animal soul that Rumi refers to is lacking, it leads to what?
(a) Frailty.
(b) Wildness.
(c) Order.
(d) Vigor.

4. What post did Rumi inherit?
(a) Sheik.
(b) King.
(c) Treasurer.
(d) Scribe.

5. 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:
(a) Is discouraged by their own kind.
(b) Turns into a need.
(c) Is laughed at by others.
(d) Diminishes over time.

Short Answer Questions

1. What elevates Rumi's poems beyond a simple collection of ideas?

2. At times, God appears in Rumi's poems as a presence and at other times God is compared to:

3. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, about a king who loves a girl, what does the doctor say is afflicting her?

4. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?

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

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