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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. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.
(a) Blanket.
(b) Question.
(c) Rattle.
(d) Tear.

2. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.
(a) Tree.
(b) Thought.
(c) Room.
(d) Jail.

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."
(a) Infinite.
(b) Loving.
(c) Spiritual world.
(d) Invisible.

4. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.
(a) Fight with each other.
(b) Know the truth.
(c) Fall into a hole.
(d) Separate.

5. When the poet talks about tearing down the ___________, he is talking about tearing down the self.
(a) Books.
(b) House.
(c) Rocks.
(d) Wall.

Short Answer Questions

1. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.

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

3. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."

4. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.

5. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.

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