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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. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?
(a) Love and unity.
(b) Travel and loss.
(c) Marriage and divorce.
(d) Hate and separation.

2. In the folklore, Coleman Barks presents to introduce the poems of Chapter 2, Book 2, he writes about three men who teach others by:
(a) Living in a cave.
(b) Running through fields of sharp rocks.
(c) Laughing in the marketplace.
(d) Swimming with sharks.

3. When speaking of sugar and vinegar, Rumi notes that a spoonful of vinegar:
(a) Destroys a spoonful of sugar.
(b) Cannot compare to the sweetness of a spoonful of sugar.
(c) Loses its potency in several pounds of sugar.
(d) Is more valuable than a pound of sugar.

4. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Heart and soul.
(d) Shame and guilt.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When the animal soul that Rumi refers to is lacking, it leads to what?

2. What post did Rumi inherit?

3. When did Coleman Barks first become interested in Rumi's poetry?

4. In the end, what does the character Ayaz do in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?

5. Rumi explains to readers that in our lives, God can be both active and:

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