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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. According to Rumi, having people freely cooperate works better than what?
(a) Paying them.
(b) Making animals do the work.
(c) Praying for a different outcome.
(d) Forcing them.

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

3. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?
(a) Life and death.
(b) Love and hate.
(c) Heart and soul.
(d) Shame and guilt.

4. 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 wants to go home to her husband.
(b) She's confused by the king's behavior around her.
(c) She misses her parents.
(d) She's in love with another man.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Rumi, how should one treat his or her baser nature?

2. At times the character Hallaj can be tender and loving, but other times he can be what?

3. What kind of leader is Rumi for his people?

4. What is a Caliph?

5. What is the "animal soul" that Rumi writes about?

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