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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. 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?
(a) To a monastery.
(b) Back to the captain.
(c) To another city.
(d) Back to her family.

2. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:
(a) Help the reader interpret each poem.
(b) Expand upon Barks' discomfort with each.
(c) Add a new twist to the message of each poem.
(d) Get the reader to come up with his or her own judgments.

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

4. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1980.
(c) 1965.
(d) 2000.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?

2. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, about a man who wants a tattoo, what dilemma does he face?

3. Who is Reynold Nicholson?

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

5. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?

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