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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. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?
(a) Rhyming verse.
(b) Strict syllable counts.
(c) Formal repeating pattern.
(d) Light free verse.

2. What happened after Shams disappeared a second time?
(a) He went to work for another school.
(b) He never came back.
(c) He fell off a cliff.
(d) He married and had five children.

3. According to Rumi, how should one treat his or her baser nature?
(a) Cautiously.
(b) With kindness.
(c) With severe strictness.
(d) Passionately.

4. When speaking to the camel in the story in Book 1, Chapter 3, the mouse admits that it is what?
(a) A lion in disguise.
(b) Tough.
(c) A bear in disguise.
(d) Afraid.

5. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?
(a) Older.
(b) Male.
(c) Female.
(d) Young.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi indicates that people who have blind faith are following this path through what?

2. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

3. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?

4. Over time, what has Coleman Barks been able to do with Rumi's poems?

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

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