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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 the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?
(a) Evicts him from his home.
(b) Leaves for three days while his servants clean the home.
(c) Launders the garments and helps the man feel better.
(d) Laughs loudly and humiliates the man.

2. Chapter 2 of Book 2 includes a large quantity of:
(a) Ghost tales.
(b) War stories.
(c) Animal fables.
(d) Love stories.

3. 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.

4. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, the girl that a king falls in love with becomes ill, which concerns him greatly. What does he do?
(a) Sends for a doctor.
(b) Sends her away.
(c) Asks a servant to make her some soup.
(d) Prays for her recovery.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Wanting to help the sick girl he loves, the king in a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2 decides to do what?

2. In the poems where Rumi includes a frog as one of the main characters, there is a deep friendship that develops between this frog and a:

3. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:

4. What kind of leader is Rumi for his people?

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

(see the answer key)

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