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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. Are Rumi's friends mentioned directly in his poems?
(a) No, in none of them.
(b) It is impossible to tell.
(c) Yes, in all of them.
(d) Only in some.

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

3. Rumi speaks of two distinct types of intelligence. One is cultivated from books and the other is what?
(a) Unattainable.
(b) Reserved for the highest masters.
(c) Learned in the streets.
(d) Pre-existing within a person.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?

2. Saladin of Zarkub was what?

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?

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

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

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