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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 post did Rumi inherit?
(a) King.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) Scribe.
(d) Sheik.

2. In addition to educating his listeners and readers, Rumi strives to:
(a) Admonish.
(b) Entertain.
(c) Surprise.
(d) Confuse.

3. What elevates Rumi's poems beyond a simple collection of ideas?
(a) Rich imagery.
(b) His use of diagrams.
(c) Confounding words.
(d) His references to other cultures.

4. In addition to being a religious leader, Rumi was a what?
(a) Scholar.
(b) Physician.
(c) Gardener.
(d) Soldier.

5. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?
(a) The illusion of happiness.
(b) The passage of time.
(c) Spiritual beauty.
(d) False hope.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?

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

3. In the poem "Meadowsounds," Rumi devotes two lines to:

4. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?

5. At the start of the group of poems in Book 2, Chapter 2, Coleman Barks gives an introduction that includes folklore from what religious tradition?

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