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

2. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?
(a) Hint of sadness.
(b) Emotional baggage.
(c) Earthly connection.
(d) Spiritual component.

3. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?
(a) Two thousand lines.
(b) Ten thousand lines.
(c) Two hundred lines.
(d) A hundred twenty lines.

4. At times the character Hallaj can be tender and loving, but other times he can be what?
(a) Clumsy.
(b) Insecure.
(c) Abusive.
(d) Whiny.

5. What kind of leader is Rumi for his people?
(a) Judicial only.
(b) Religious and political.
(c) Religious only.
(d) Judicial and political.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's poetry gives us a glimpse of what?

2. In the end, what does the character Ayaz do in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?

3. What is a Caliph?

4. Coleman Barks is famous for what?

5. What post did Rumi inherit?

(see the answer key)

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