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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 the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?
(a) Teacher and student.
(b) Family.
(c) Same gender.
(d) Romantic.

2. 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) He falls in love with her.
(b) One of his men attacks him.
(c) He regrets his actions.
(d) The woman attacks him.

3. Who is Coleman Barks?
(a) Photographer.
(b) Scholar.
(c) Satirist.
(d) Psychologist.

4. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?
(a) Earthly connection.
(b) Hint of sadness.
(c) Spiritual component.
(d) Emotional baggage.

5. Who were Rumi's three main friends who inspired much of his poetry?
(a) Saladin, Ahmad, and Sherzi.
(b) Amir, Shams, and Mohad.
(c) Shams, Saladin, and Husam.
(d) Mehdi, Husam, and Malek.

Short Answer Questions

1. For Coleman Barks, part of the experience of grasping Rumi's poems is what?

2. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?

3. In the end, where does the Caliph of a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 send the mysterious, beautiful woman from the city his men have invaded?

4. How did Rumi's father teach him?

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

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