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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. When one begins to break down, Rumi says this is _________ and a feeling of being outside of time.
(a) Winter.
(b) Fall.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

2. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.
(a) Mind.
(b) Soul.
(c) Heart.
(d) Hand.

3. Rumi points out that while others are laughing and dancing, there are few who will hear the ________ hidden within the notes.
(a) Secrets.
(b) Chants.
(c) Beliefs.
(d) Treasures.

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

5. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Lead.
(d) Iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.

2. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.

3. Rumi challenges us to "work in the ______ world as hard as we do in the visible" and to "be a companion with the prophets."

4. The poem at the start of this section describes the idea that human beings visit space through breaking one's ________ down.

5. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.

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