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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 2, Desire & New Silk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Much of Rumi's poetry is:
(a) Sarcastic.
(b) Subdued.
(c) Cryptic.
(d) Passionate.

2. Saladin of Zarkub was what?
(a) Goldsmith.
(b) Brick maker.
(c) Farmer.
(d) Barber.

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

4. What is a Caliph?
(a) Teacher.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Leader.
(d) Student.

5. The poem "On Being A Lover" is written in what format?
(a) Question and answer session between a man and a woman.
(b) Recollection by an old man of his younger years.
(c) Diary entry of a man who has lost his lover.
(d) Song of lament by a woman who has lost her lover.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?

2. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?

3. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?

4. Coleman Barks is famous for what?

5. How did Rumi's father teach him?

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