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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 1, Introduction & The Tavern through to Feeling Separation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?
(a) Imaginary life.
(b) Inner life.
(c) Life after death.
(d) Life's sorrows.

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

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

4. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Heart and soul.
(c) Shame and guilt.
(d) Love and hate.

5. What happened after Shams disappeared a second time?
(a) He fell off a cliff.
(b) He married and had five children.
(c) He never came back.
(d) He went to work for another school.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is Coleman Barks?

2. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

3. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:

4. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?

5. Saladin of Zarkub was what?

(see the answer key)

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