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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. Who is Kharraqani?
(a) Saint.
(b) Sheik.
(c) Priest.
(d) Peasant.

2. In a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:
(a) Secrecy.
(b) Love.
(c) Complacency.
(d) Comfort.

3. Rumi uses the metaphor of a string between two animals to represent what?
(a) Confusion.
(b) Selective hearing.
(c) Secret connections.
(d) Imprisonment.

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

5. Rumi lived during a time when brotherhood was expected between:
(a) Christians and Jews.
(b) Muslims and Christians.
(c) Hindus and Muslims.
(d) Jews and Hindus.

Short Answer Questions

1. Whether writing about friendship, love, or God, a common theme covered by Rumi is:

2. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?

3. What does the smartest of the three fish fear, in the story in Book 2, Chapter 1?

4. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do?

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

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