View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 2 of Book 2 includes a large quantity of:
(a) War stories.
(b) Animal fables.
(c) Love stories.
(d) Ghost tales.

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

3. What does the smartest of the three fish fear, in the story in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) The other fish.
(b) His own weakness.
(c) His friends' intentions.
(d) His lack of faith.

4. What happens to King Solomon's crown in one of the poems in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Is carried away by four birds.
(b) Keeps sliding down his forehead.
(c) Drops into the ocean.
(d) Is stolen by four thieves.

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

6. In "Town and Country," the countryside man becomes good friends with a:
(a) Gardener.
(b) Shopkeeper.
(c) Librarian.
(d) Cook.

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

8. In Book 2, Chapter 3, Ayaz cooperates readily in part because he feels:
(a) Superior.
(b) Appreciated.
(c) Threatened.
(d) Disposable.

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

10. In Book 2, Chapter 3, through his loyalty, Ayaz goes above and beyond what:
(a) He wants.
(b) His wife wants.
(c) The king requires.
(d) The priest requires.

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

12. What is the Mathnawi?
(a) A code of conduct expected of scholars who studied directly under Rumi.
(b) Supreme counselor Rumi and other poets of his era turned to for guidance.
(c) The law of the land followed by Rumi and his contemporaries.
(d) Six volumes of poetry Rumi wrote when Husam Chelebi was his scribe.

13. In each of the love triangles presented in Chapter 2, Book 2, the woman's behavior:
(a) Saves the day.
(b) Changes with each story.
(c) Remains the same throughout all the stories.
(d) Is difficult to translate.

14. Rumi lived during a time when brotherhood was expected between:
(a) Hindus and Muslims.
(b) Christians and Jews.
(c) Jews and Hindus.
(d) Muslims and Christians.

15. What does Rumi note about the destructive properties of candles in Book 2, Chapter 3?
(a) They burn images into the mind as easily as they burn hands.
(b) Even in daylight candles can burn cloth.
(c) Too much truth can be revealed by candlelight.
(d) One candle can ruin a whole village.

Short Answer Questions

1. As far as being a student, Husam Chelebi was:

2. Kharraqani has difficulties with his disapproving:

3. In the poem in Book 2, Chapter 3 where a group is terribly jealous of a particular man, who is this man?

4. While acknowledging that scriptures can be good, Rumi also notes that too many people:

5. In the section called "Solomon Poems," Rumi's poetry makes direct references to:

(see the answer keys)

This section contains 521 words (approx. 2 pages at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample