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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. When King Solomon woos a queen in Book 2, Chapter 1, he asks that she do what?
(a) Leave her children behind.
(b) Give up her worldly possessions.
(c) Learn how to cook.
(d) Prove her love for him.

2. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) He falls in love with her.
(b) The woman attacks him.
(c) One of his men attacks him.
(d) He regrets his actions.

3. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, what does the king discover about himself after the girl he loves receives medical attention?
(a) He's no longer in love with the girl.
(b) He is incapable of true love.
(c) He's afraid of becoming ill.
(d) He's in love with the girl's doctor.

4. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?
(a) A mad dictator.
(b) Greed and hate.
(c) Sexual attraction.
(d) Their egos.

5. In the second love story in Chapter 2, Book 2, the three sons end up affected by their reactions to what?
(a) Limits imposed on them by their employer.
(b) The unexpected death of the woman all three love.
(c) What turns out to be nothing but a rumor.
(d) What is forbidden to them.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "On Being A Lover" is written in what format?

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:

3. Rumi lived during a time when brotherhood was expected between:

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

5. Along with the gift that the prisoner receives in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what unexpected useful addition does he get?

(see the answer key)

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