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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. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?
(a) Travel and loss.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) Hate and separation.
(d) Love and unity.

2. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?
(a) Self-control.
(b) Illusions.
(c) Release from shame.
(d) Strength and power.

3. Coleman Barks is famous for what?
(a) Translating Rumi's work in to English.
(b) Teaching a Rumi poetry class at Baylor University.
(c) Translating Rumi's work in to Russian.
(d) Teaching a Rumi poetry class at Colorado State University.

4. In this book, the term "nafs" refers to what?
(a) A style of poetry developed by Rumi.
(b) A food commonly consumed during Rumi's time.
(c) The highest state of enlightenment.
(d) The part of the soul associated with desires.

5. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?
(a) Family.
(b) Same gender.
(c) Teacher and student.
(d) Romantic.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rumi, when the individual ego disappears and dissipates into God, this can be understood as what?

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

3. What is the "animal soul" that Rumi writes about?

4. When speaking to the camel in the story in Book 1, Chapter 3, the mouse admits that it is what?

5. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?

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