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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 3, New Section.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the smartest of three fish do in the fish tale in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Eats a bug.
(b) Sleeps.
(c) Leaves.
(d) Blows bubbles.

2. For Coleman Barks, part of the experience of grasping Rumi's poems is what?
(a) Scientific.
(b) Analytical.
(c) Transcendental.
(d) Impersonal.

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) Kidnap her.
(b) Give her a house.
(c) Step down from the throne.
(d) Offer her a job.

4. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 involving a complicated love triangle consisting of a man and two women, Rumi explores what subjects?
(a) Love, jealousy, and fear.
(b) Humor and tragedy.
(c) Lust and disgust.
(d) Reconciliation, division, and uncertainty.

5. What happens to the second son who tries to woo a Chinese princess in one of Rumi's poems in Chapter 2, Book 2?
(a) He's captured and never seen again.
(b) He falls off the edge of the world.
(c) He becomes lost at sea.
(d) He's killed by someone.

Short Answer Questions

1. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?

2. In the second love story in Chapter 2, Book 2, the three sons end up affected by their reactions to what?

3. Coleman Barks is famous for what?

4. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, about a man who wants a tattoo, what dilemma does he face?

5. In the story of three fish that possess some measure of intelligence, found in Book 2, Chapter 1, who do the fish face?

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