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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 a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:
(a) Comfort.
(b) Secrecy.
(c) Complacency.
(d) Love.

2. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?
(a) Teacher and student.
(b) Romantic.
(c) Family.
(d) Same gender.

3. In one poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, Rumi states that every sheik rides a lion, whether that lion is:
(a) Young or old.
(b) Visible or invisible.
(c) Great or small.
(d) Male or female.

4. When somebody goes looking for Kharraqani, he finds him doing what?
(a) Polishing his sword.
(b) Polishing his silver.
(c) Riding a lion while gathering firewood.
(d) Riding a bear while gathering berries.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In one of the love stories of Chapter 2, Book 2, what happens when three sons meet a powerful Chinese princess?

2. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:

3. As the bond of friendship that Rumi writes about between a frog and its animal friend grows, the two animals find that their wish for each other's company:

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?

5. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:

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