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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) Joy and willpower.
(b) Animosity.
(c) Fear and compulsion.
(d) Greed.

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

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?
(a) Is tricked and poisoned.
(b) Falls in love instantly.
(c) Becomes a double agent.
(d) Is taken prisoner immediately.

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

5. Rumi uses the metaphor of a string between two animals to represent what?
(a) Selective hearing.
(b) Confusion.
(c) Secret connections.
(d) Imprisonment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the end, what does the character Ayaz do in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 involving a complicated love triangle consisting of a man and two women, Rumi explores what subjects?

4. In a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:

5. 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?

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