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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In addition to being one of his students and his scribe, Husam Chelebi was Rumi's:
(a) Illegitimate son.
(b) Personal companion.
(c) Primary rival.
(d) Devoted house servant.

2. In "Town and Country," when the shopkeeper visits his friend in the country, what does the countryside man do?
(a) Tells him to go back home.
(b) Denies knowing him upon failing to recognize him.
(c) Prepares him a feast that is too lavish and rich.
(d) Demands money from him.

3. The "Solomon Poems" are devoted to the spiritual life, referring to:
(a) The hereafter.
(b) Man's fruitless pursuits.
(c) How one can buy his or her way to heaven.
(d) This world, not the next.

4. A recurring theme prominent in Book 2, Chapter 2, is what?
(a) Jealousy.
(b) Abuse.
(c) Celebration.
(d) Anger.

5. The "Huuuu" mentioned in Book 2, Chapter 3 is what?
(a) Means of transportation.
(b) Chant.
(c) Drink.
(d) Article of clothing.

6. 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) Information to facilitate his escape.
(b) Food to sustain him.
(c) Songs to sustain him.
(d) Information about his loved ones.

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

8. Rumi wrote freely about various religious figures because he was familiar with them and:
(a) Needed their teachings to support his images.
(b) Comfortable with their teachings.
(c) Wanted to point out their flaws.
(d) Wanted to be diplomatic.

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

10. What invitation does the countryside man extend to his town friend in "Town and Country"?
(a) Come meet his children.
(b) Come ride his horses.
(c) Take a vacation in the country.
(d) Move permanently to the country.

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

12. 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?
(a) Sends for a doctor.
(b) Sends her away.
(c) Asks a servant to make her some soup.
(d) Prays for her recovery.

13. What does Rumi note about the light-giving properties of candles in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) They give hope to the traveler returning home from a long journey.
(b) They bring joy to observers during feasts and holidays.
(c) They light the way at night, but their glow is diminished during the day.
(d) They can light only so much before the wax runs out.

14. The people who are jealous of a particular man in a poem in Book 2, Chapter 3, do not think they are better than him; rather, they are displeased with:
(a) The fact that he has twelve wives.
(b) The way the teacher favors him.
(c) The high esteem he enjoys.
(d) The way he ridicules them.

15. 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's in love with another man.
(d) She misses her parents.

Short Answer Questions

1. The first poem in Book 2, Chapter 3 is about the story of:

2. After the girl whom the king loves gets better in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what does the doctor do?

3. What does the smartest of the three fish fear, in the story in Book 2, Chapter 1?

4. Islam originated with:

5. 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?

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