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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do?
(a) Exercise vigorously.
(b) Pay him back.
(c) Take a loaf of bread to his family.
(d) Sleep for three days.

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

3. What kind of leader is Rumi for his people?
(a) Religious and political.
(b) Judicial only.
(c) Religious only.
(d) Judicial and political.

4. 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 way the teacher favors him.
(b) The way he ridicules them.
(c) The fact that he has twelve wives.
(d) The high esteem he enjoys.

5. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, what happens to the poor man when he vomits?
(a) He reaches a higher spiritual level.
(b) He's healed.
(c) He's taken to the hospital.
(d) He's cast away.

6. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, a king falls in love with a girl and decides to do what?
(a) Give her a house.
(b) Offer her a job.
(c) Kidnap her.
(d) Step down from the throne.

7. Through many of his poems, Rumi reveals the depth and diversity of different types of:
(a) Obsession.
(b) Love.
(c) Anguish.
(d) Treason.

8. During his lifetime, Rumi was revered for his attitude of religious tolerance and:
(a) Humor.
(b) Quirkiness.
(c) Brutal honesty.
(d) Openness.

9. The first poem in Book 2, Chapter 3 is about the story of:
(a) Genesis.
(b) The Resurrection.
(c) The Commandments.
(d) Noah's Ark.

10. Who is Kharraqani?
(a) Priest.
(b) Sheik.
(c) Peasant.
(d) Saint.

11. Rumi explains to readers that in our lives, God can be both active and:
(a) Forceful.
(b) Silent.
(c) Loving.
(d) Indifferent.

12. The third poem in Book 2, Chapter 3 mentions:
(a) Moses.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Mohammad.

13. Several of Rumi's poems in Book 2, Chapter 1 are about King Solomon and the Queen of:
(a) Sheba.
(b) Shadai.
(c) Arruba.
(d) Avalon.

14. At the start of the group of poems in Book 2, Chapter 2, Coleman Barks gives an introduction that includes folklore from what religious tradition?
(a) Christian.
(b) Hindu.
(c) Judaic.
(d) Taoist.

15. In the poem in Book 2, Chapter 3 where a group is terribly jealous of a particular man, who is this man?
(a) Hafid.
(b) Amir.
(c) Husam.
(d) Ayaz.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, about a king who loves a girl, what does the doctor say is afflicting her?

2. Rumi blends images from Christianity and Islam to:

3. Which of the three brothers in Chapter 2, Book 2 ends up marrying the Chinese princess in the end?

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

5. Kharraqani has difficulties with his disapproving:

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