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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Which of the three fish in the fish story in Book 2, Chapter 1, ends up getting caught?
(a) The one of medium intelligence.
(b) The smartest one.
(c) The least intelligent one.
(d) None.

3. 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 sword.
(d) Polishing his silver.

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

5. What is the greater message of Rumi's musings about candles in Chapter 3 of Book 2?
(a) The light of a candle is nothing compared to the radiance of the heart.
(b) One will not need a guide upon arriving at the destination of the inner world.
(c) Sometimes we will need to find our way through the dark.
(d) Everything that is positive has a negative side.

Short Answer Questions

1. Which prominent individual favors Ayaz in Book 2, Chapter 3?

2. The "Solomon Poems" are devoted to the spiritual life, referring to:

3. What is the premise in Rumi's "Town and Country"?

4. In Book 2, Chapter 3, Ayaz cooperates readily in part because he feels:

5. Wanting to help the sick girl he loves, the king in a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2 decides to do what?

Short Essay Questions

1. How are the men's experiences similar in "Town and Country?"

2. Why is jealousy a recurrent theme in Rumi's work?

3. In one of Rumi's stories, how does a wise man end up helping a poor man by showing "tough love?"

4. How did Islam come about?

5. In the story where the king is in love with a girl, what ailment has afflicted her?

6. How does Rumi use his story of a poor man who is healed to explain the nature of God?

7. In one of Rumi's poems, what happens when somebody comes looking for Sheik Kharraqani?

8. How does the story of the king and the girl he loves end?

9. Summarize the countryside man's experience in "Town and Country."

10. Does Rumi disagree with holy scriptures?

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