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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Have Opened You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Spear.
(b) Hatchet.
(c) Knife.
(d) Sword.

2. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.
(a) Qualudes.
(b) Quandaries.
(c) Qalandars.
(d) Qalans.

3. There is beauty in every meeting or gathering, the presence of _________, of 'the Friend' in one of Rumi's poems.
(a) Love.
(b) Grains.
(c) Masters.
(d) Students.

4. What images in the book does Barks say reflect the idea of openings within the world and in the poems?
(a) Windows.
(b) Doors.
(c) Cages.
(d) Birds.

5. Rumi says to give up wanting what others hand and says that the day is a __________ day, according to his writing.
(a) Sad.
(b) Truthful.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Self aware.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barks points out the use of the word "_______" in one of the poems to be intended for the end of a vigil.

2. The poet speaks of happiness for an unknown reason, and it becomes easy to ______, though the joy is inexplicable.

3. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."

4. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

5. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.

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