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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 the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?
(a) Evicts him from his home.
(b) Leaves for three days while his servants clean the home.
(c) Laughs loudly and humiliates the man.
(d) Launders the garments and helps the man feel better.

2. "Cry Out In Your Weakness" is a poem about:
(a) Weakness.
(b) Justice.
(c) Strength.
(d) Punishment.

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, Rumi writes about a deer dying in the paws of a:
(a) Wolf.
(b) Bear.
(c) Lion.
(d) Tiger.

4. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?
(a) The land was struck by drought.
(b) The land was attacked by Turks.
(c) They feared the ruler of the region.
(d) They feared a Mongol invasion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the animal soul that Rumi refers to is lacking, it leads to what?

2. How did Rumi's father teach him?

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

4. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?

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

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