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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. According to the book, in what state does Coleman Barks live today?
(a) Florida.
(b) Oregon.
(c) Colorado.
(d) Georgia.

2. In the end, how does the King regard Ayaz in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) The King favors him.
(b) The King despises him.
(c) Nobody in the area is as smart as Ayaz.
(d) Ayaz is nothing but a fool.

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about Ayaz the courtier, what command does the king give?
(a) To destroy a precious object.
(b) To make him laugh.
(c) To bring him the costliest treasure.
(d) To repair a damaged piece of furniture.

4. In the poems about an unlikely friendship between two different animals, one of them being a frog, these two animals have very different what?
(a) Life spans.
(b) Environmental needs.
(c) Names.
(d) Sizes.

5. What does the fish with medium intelligence do in the tale of three fish in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) He finds a solution to his predicament.
(b) He rushes after the first fish.
(c) He eats two bugs.
(d) He laughs at the first fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?

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

3. According to Rumi, how should one treat his or her baser nature?

4. According to a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, what happens when you put pond water into a larger body of water?

5. In the story of three fish that possess some measure of intelligence, found in Book 2, Chapter 1, who do the fish face?

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