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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 gives advice about how to deal with hardship, "The cure for the ______ is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed."
(a) Love.
(b) Pain.
(c) Disease.
(d) Depression.

2. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.
(a) Himself.
(b) Love.
(c) Intention.
(d) God.

3. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Peace.

4. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?
(a) Poker.
(b) Chess.
(c) Softball.
(d) Truth or Dare.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi stops his list of things which he uses to describe a friend within his poem in order to ______________.

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

4. Rumi points out that while others are laughing and dancing, there are few who will hear the ________ hidden within the notes.

5. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'

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