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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. One of the key attributes of the character Ayaz is what?
(a) Loyalty.
(b) A tendency to lie.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) A fear of nearly everything.

2. When somebody goes looking for Kharraqani, he finds him doing what?
(a) Polishing his sword.
(b) Riding a lion while gathering firewood.
(c) Polishing his silver.
(d) Riding a bear while gathering berries.

3. Rumi's poetry gives us a glimpse of what?
(a) The effects of male dominance.
(b) The difference between scholars and peasants.
(c) The sociological order of his place and time.
(d) The workings of a utopia.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What kind of leader is Rumi for his people?

2. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?

3. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?

4. Many of Rumi's poems reveal that life is not two-dimensional; on the contrary, it is very:

5. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, when a city is taken by siege, what happens to one of the invaders?

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