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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. Over time, what has Coleman Barks been able to do with Rumi's poems?
2. Saladin of Zarkub was what?
3. What was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?
4. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?
5. Who were Rumi's three main friends who inspired much of his poetry?
Short Essay Questions
1. What are some of the challenges of translating Rumi's poems?
2. Who were Rumi's three best friends, and how did he regard each?
3. Are Rumi's poems emotional or analytical?
4. How do Coleman Barks' preambles prepare the reader?
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. How would one describe the tavern poems?
7. What does the poem about a mouse and a camel convey about friendship and honesty?
8. How does Rumi refer to his friends in the poems within Book 1, Chapter 3?
9. Describe Husam Chelebi's role as scribe.
10. Briefly explain Rumi's metaphor of sugar and vinegar.
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
How does Rumi use Muslim and Christian teachings to support his ideas, messages, lessons, and findings? Using at least one example from each religion, show how the religious teaching makes it into Rumi's teachings.
Essay Topic 2
In detail, describe Rumi's three best friends: Shams, Saladin, and Husam. In what ways were they similar? How did they differ from each other? How did these three friends enrich the poet's life?
Essay Topic 3
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?
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