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

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

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

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

5. For Coleman Barks, part of the experience of grasping Rumi's poems is what?
(a) Analytical.
(b) Scientific.
(c) Transcendental.
(d) Impersonal.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which of the following best describes the word exoteric?

2. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?

3. 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:

4. According to Rumi, when the individual ego disappears and dissipates into God, this can be understood as what?

5. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:

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