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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. When did Coleman Barks first become interested in Rumi's poetry?
(a) 1969.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1952.
(d) 1985.

2. In a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:
(a) Complacency.
(b) Comfort.
(c) Love.
(d) Secrecy.

3. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:
(a) Add a new twist to the message of each poem.
(b) Help the reader interpret each poem.
(c) Expand upon Barks' discomfort with each.
(d) Get the reader to come up with his or her own judgments.

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

5. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about the lame goat teaches readers how to be good:
(a) Spouses.
(b) Leaders.
(c) Followers.
(d) Parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Meadowsounds," Rumi devotes two lines to:

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

3. 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?

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?

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

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