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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. 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) The illusion of happiness.
(c) Spiritual beauty.
(d) The passage of time.

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

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

4. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?
(a) Falls in love instantly.
(b) Is tricked and poisoned.
(c) Becomes a double agent.
(d) Is taken prisoner immediately.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Many of Rumi's poems are so personal that they help readers reconnect to what?

2. After Shams went away the first time, how did he return?

3. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?

4. In the poems about an unlikely friendship between two different animals, one of them being a frog, these two animals have very different what?

5. What main lesson does Rumi impart through his poem about a man who wants a tattoo in Book 1, Chapter 2?

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