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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 addition to being one of his students and his scribe, Husam Chelebi was Rumi's:
(a) Illegitimate son.
(b) Devoted house servant.
(c) Personal companion.
(d) Primary rival.

2. When did Coleman Barks first become interested in Rumi's poetry?
(a) 1952.
(b) 1976.
(c) 1969.
(d) 1985.

3. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, a king falls in love with a girl and decides to do what?
(a) Give her a house.
(b) Step down from the throne.
(c) Offer her a job.
(d) Kidnap her.

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

5. How many additional poems were translated and included in the New Expanded Edition?
(a) 58.
(b) 81.
(c) 92.
(d) 23.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, where does the Caliph of a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 send the mysterious, beautiful woman from the city his men have invaded?

2. Themes that run through the love stories found at the beginning of Chapter 2, Book 2, include:

3. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

4. Rumi indicates that people who have blind faith are following this path through what?

5. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what gift does a prisoner receive?

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