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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. It is essential, according to Rumi, to know of the __________, which may sometimes be open and sometimes closed.
(a) Soul.
(b) Door.
(c) Heart.
(d) Window.

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

3. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.
(a) Live.
(b) Honor.
(c) Pray.
(d) Love.

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

5. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Knowing.
(b) Wandering.
(c) Living.
(d) Breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."

2. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?

3. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.

4. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.

5. What images in the book does Barks say reflect the idea of openings within the world and in the poems?

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