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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. Rumi indicates that people who have blind faith are following this path through what?
(a) Animosity.
(b) Joy and willpower.
(c) Greed.
(d) Fear and compulsion.

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

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

4. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?
(a) Hate and separation.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) Love and unity.
(d) Travel and loss.

5. In many of Rumi's poems, not only in Book 1, Chapter 2, but throughout the whole book, his distinction between "me" and "you" is what?
(a) Solid.
(b) Humorous.
(c) Clear.
(d) Vague.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. When was Rumi born?

4. Who is Coleman Barks?

5. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?

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