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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 was Rumi born?
(a) October 20, 1390.
(b) December 15, 1461.
(c) September 30, 1207.
(d) November 26, 1119.

2. What is one of the central teachings of Rumi?
(a) The cultivation of love.
(b) The search for eternal youth.
(c) The elimination of sin.
(d) The desire for power.

3. In the poems where Rumi includes a frog as one of the main characters, there is a deep friendship that develops between this frog and a:
(a) Bird.
(b) Cat.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Fish.

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

5. Who were Rumi's three main friends who inspired much of his poetry?
(a) Saladin, Ahmad, and Sherzi.
(b) Shams, Saladin, and Husam.
(c) Mehdi, Husam, and Malek.
(d) Amir, Shams, and Mohad.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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?

2. Many of Rumi's poems are so personal that they help readers reconnect to what?

3. Are Rumi's friends mentioned directly in his poems?

4. After Shams went away the first time, how did he return?

5. 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?

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