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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. Rumi uses the metaphor of a string between two animals to represent what?
(a) Secret connections.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Selective hearing.
(d) Imprisonment.

2. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?
(a) Grown in confusion.
(b) Changed.
(c) Remained the same.
(d) Grown in contempt.

3. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) One of his men attacks him.
(b) He falls in love with her.
(c) The woman attacks him.
(d) He regrets his actions.

4. Which of the following best describes the word exoteric?
(a) Humorous sayings.
(b) Incomprehensible words.
(c) Secret rituals.
(d) Open teachings.

5. In addition to being a religious leader, Rumi was a what?
(a) Gardener.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Soldier.
(d) Physician.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?

2. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?

3. 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?

4. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?

5. How did others regard Shams?

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