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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. As sheik, Rumi notes that effective leaders need to do what?
(a) Intimidate the people.
(b) Focus on common good and the needs of their people.
(c) Find a spouse who will be a companion and co-leader.
(d) Give in to their purely selfish motives.

2. Kharraqani has difficulties with his disapproving:
(a) Father.
(b) Wife.
(c) Grandmother.
(d) Son.

3. 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) Sleep for three days.
(c) Take a loaf of bread to his family.
(d) Pay him back.

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

5. In the story of three fish that possess some measure of intelligence, found in Book 2, Chapter 1, who do the fish face?
(a) A hungry crocodile.
(b) Bigger fish.
(c) Human fishermen.
(d) Three insects.

Short Answer Questions

1. How long does it take before the town friend in "Town and Country" finally decides to visit his friend in the country?

2. In "Town and Country," when the shopkeeper visits his friend in the country, what does the countryside man do?

3. Rumi explains to readers that in our lives, God can be both active and:

4. Who is Kharraqani?

5. In the second love story in Chapter 2, Book 2, the three sons end up affected by their reactions to what?

Short Essay Questions

1. Summarize the shopkeeper's experience in "Town and Country."

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

3. What is the primary moral of the "Town and Country" story?

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

5. What is the outcome for each of three fish in one of Rumi's poems?

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

7. Why does Rumi advise people to let go of scriptures after reading them?

8. What are some of the lessons inherent in the story of the Friend assisting the prisoner through the prayer rug?

9. In one of Rumi's story poems, in what predicament do three fish find themselves?

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

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