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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. As the bond of friendship that Rumi writes about between a frog and its animal friend grows, the two animals find that their wish for each other's company:
(a) Is discouraged by their own kind.
(b) Turns into a need.
(c) Is laughed at by others.
(d) Diminishes over time.

3. As far as being a student, Husam Chelebi was:
(a) Somewhat lazy.
(b) One of Rumi's best and perhaps the best.
(c) Average at best.
(d) Somewhat rebellious.

4. 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?
(a) Runs away.
(b) Tosses the mouse into the water.
(c) Encourages the mouse to continue.
(d) Takes a bath.

5. In one poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi uses the image of Jesus Christ riding atop a donkey to explain a lesson about what?
(a) The rational mind and the animalistic nature of mankind.
(b) The divine living in the human world.
(c) The lack of pretense when one is self-confident.
(d) The master becoming the servant.

Short Answer Questions

1. How many additional poems were translated and included in the New Expanded Edition?

2. What is the Mathnawi?

3. Before responding to the king's command in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does Ayaz do?

4. While in the frying pan, what epiphany does a fish have in Book 2, Chapter 1?

5. How did others regard Shams?

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