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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 asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?
(a) Emotional baggage.
(b) Spiritual component.
(c) Hint of sadness.
(d) Earthly connection.

2. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?
(a) Heart and soul.
(b) Shame and guilt.
(c) Life and death.
(d) Love and hate.

3. 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) Humorous.
(b) Vague.
(c) Solid.
(d) Clear.

4. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, about a man who wants a tattoo, what dilemma does he face?
(a) Tattoos are considered evil.
(b) He has no money for one.
(c) He regrets his decision upon feeling the pain.
(d) His wife disapproves of tattoos.

5. Who is Reynold Nicholson?
(a) Critic who disliked Rumi's work.
(b) Writer who wrote a complete biography about Rumi.
(c) Religious leader who quoted from Rumi's poems extensively.
(d) Scholar who attempted to translate some of Rumi's poems.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?

2. Rumi speaks of two distinct types of intelligence. One is cultivated from books and the other is what?

3. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?

4. When speaking of sugar and vinegar, Rumi notes that a spoonful of vinegar:

5. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

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