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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 many of Rumi's poems, not only in Book 1, Chapter 2, but throughout the whole book, his distinction between "me" and "you" is what?
(a) Solid.
(b) Vague.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Clear.

2. After Shams went away the first time, how did he return?
(a) He came back via boat.
(b) Rumi sent out searchers to bring him back.
(c) Rumi promised a promotion if he came back.
(d) He accompanied a group of nomads.

3. In the story of a camel and a mouse found in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does the camel do when the two reach a body of water?
(a) Tosses the mouse into the water.
(b) Takes a bath.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Encourages the mouse to continue.

4. 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?
(a) False hope.
(b) Spiritual beauty.
(c) The illusion of happiness.
(d) The passage of time.

5. Rumi expresses himself in a way that is what?
(a) Emotionally integrated.
(b) Repulsively simple.
(c) Mentally challenging.
(d) Spiritually vague.

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. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?

3. In addition to educating his listeners and readers, Rumi strives to:

4. When somebody goes looking for Kharraqani, he finds him doing what?

5. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about Ayaz the courtier, what command does the king give?

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