View a FREE sample

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 1, Islam & Christianity in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the section called "Solomon Poems," Rumi's poetry makes direct references to:
(a) Judaism and Buddhism.
(b) Hinduism and Christianity.
(c) Islam and Christianity.
(d) Buddhism and Islam.

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

3. The "Solomon Poems" are devoted to the spiritual life, referring to:
(a) Man's fruitless pursuits.
(b) This world, not the next.
(c) How one can buy his or her way to heaven.
(d) The hereafter.

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

5. Rumi's works are deeply:
(a) Irreverent.
(b) Sorrowful.
(c) Humorous.
(d) Emotional.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Coleman Barks is famous for what?

4. When the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?

5. In the story of a camel and a mouse found in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does the camel do when the two reach a body of water?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 267 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample