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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 3, Union through Rough Metaphor.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Who is Hallaj?
(a) Scholar who studies Rumi.
(b) Rumi's teacher.
(c) Character in Rumi's poems.
(d) Rumi's father.

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

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

5. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?
(a) Brother.
(b) Companion.
(c) Employer.
(d) Cousin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?

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

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

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

5. In addition to being a religious leader, Rumi was a what?

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