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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. Much of Rumi's poetry is:
2. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about the lame goat teaches readers how to be good:
3. When the animal soul Rumi writes about is in proper balance, it:
4. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:
5. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?
Short Essay Questions
1. How does the role of gender come into play in many of Rumi's poems?
2. How has Rumi's poetry impacted Coleman Barks?
3. Explain Rumi's thoughts on love in comparison to jealousy and fear.
4. Who were Rumi's three best friends, and how did he regard each?
5. With regards to beauty, what important connection does Rumi infer when he references a beautiful woman in the poem about a city being invaded by men driven by sexual desire?
6. Explain how Rumi uses the metaphor of a string when discussing the bonds of friendship in his writings about a frog and a mouse.
7. What might you conclude about Rumi's ideas regarding the importance of friendship?
8. What does the poem about a mouse and a camel convey about friendship and honesty?
9. Summarize the poem about a man getting a tattoo. What message is delivered through this poem?
10. What are some of the challenges of translating Rumi's poems?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
What do Coleman Barks' prefaces add to the interpretation of Rumi's works? Explain how Barks facilitates understanding of the poet's writings. Use specific examples from the book.
Essay Topic 2
What important lessons come through in the poem "Town and Country"? Describe the friendship between the two friends in this story. When the tables are turned and the shopkeeper gets to walk in the countryside man's shoes, how are his eyes opened? What does he finally see, after so many years, about the suffering his friend experienced when he first arrived in town?
Essay Topic 3
Using at least three examples from Rumi's poetry, explain his views on cultivating love. How does he teach his students about this topic through his poems? What conclusion, if any, does he reach regarding the attainment of love?
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