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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. Before responding to the king's command in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does Ayaz do?
(a) Consults with the King's daughter.
(b) Notices how at least thirty other men respond to the command.
(c) Prays to God for guidance.
(d) Reads at least forty books to learn how others handled the situation.

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

3. According to a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, what happens when you put pond water into a larger body of water?
(a) The original water disappears.
(b) The water molecules are still separate.
(c) The larger body of water is enriched.
(d) The pond mourns its loss.

4. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?
(a) Young.
(b) Male.
(c) Older.
(d) Female.

5. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, about a king who loves a girl, what does the doctor say is afflicting her?
(a) She misses her parents.
(b) She's in love with another man.
(c) She's confused by the king's behavior around her.
(d) She wants to go home to her husband.

Short Answer Questions

1. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?

2. Rumi's works are deeply:

3. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?

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

5. What happened after Shams disappeared a second time?

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