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

2. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?
(a) The land was attacked by Turks.
(b) They feared a Mongol invasion.
(c) The land was struck by drought.
(d) They feared the ruler of the region.

3. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?
(a) Appendix.
(b) Introduction.
(c) Chapter Three.
(d) Conclusion.

4. In the poems where Rumi includes a frog as one of the main characters, there is a deep friendship that develops between this frog and a:
(a) Cat.
(b) Fish.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Bird.

5. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?
(a) Greed and hate.
(b) Sexual attraction.
(c) Their egos.
(d) A mad dictator.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

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?

3. What is one of the central teachings of Rumi?

4. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?

5. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?

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