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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. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what gift does a prisoner receive?
(a) Drinking cup.
(b) New fork.
(c) Prayer rug.
(d) New vest.

2. In one poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi states that every sheik rides a lion, whether that lion is:
(a) Young or old.
(b) Visible or invisible.
(c) Male or female.
(d) Great or small.

3. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:
(a) Add a new twist to the message of each poem.
(b) Expand upon Barks' discomfort with each.
(c) Get the reader to come up with his or her own judgments.
(d) Help the reader interpret each poem.

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

5. Over time, what has Coleman Barks been able to do with Rumi's poems?
(a) Teach them to his children.
(b) Experience them more deeply.
(c) Decode secret messages.
(d) Translate them into five languages.

Short Answer Questions

1. In addition to being one of his students and his scribe, Husam Chelebi was Rumi's:

2. Rumi's poems focus on what aspect of life?

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

4. When was Rumi born?

5. Kharraqani has difficulties with his disapproving:

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