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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 poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi uses the image of Jesus Christ riding atop a donkey to explain a lesson about what?
(a) The rational mind and the animalistic nature of mankind.
(b) The divine living in the human world.
(c) The lack of pretense when one is self-confident.
(d) The master becoming the servant.

2. When King Solomon woos a queen in Book 2, Chapter 1, he asks that she do what?
(a) Learn how to cook.
(b) Leave her children behind.
(c) Prove her love for him.
(d) Give up her worldly possessions.

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

4. Along with the gift that the prisoner receives in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what unexpected useful addition does he get?
(a) Songs to sustain him.
(b) Information about his loved ones.
(c) Food to sustain him.
(d) Information to facilitate his escape.

5. In Coleman Barks' folklore introduction to the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what is placed inside the pockets of the dead man?
(a) Charms.
(b) Coins.
(c) Firecrackers.
(d) Incense.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did others regard Shams?

2. Rumi expresses himself in a way that is what?

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, Rumi writes about a deer dying in the paws of a:

4. In the folklore, Coleman Barks presents to introduce the poems of Chapter 2, Book 2, he writes about three men who teach others by:

5. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, a king falls in love with a girl and decides to do what?

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