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

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

3. Rumi talks to the reader about the desired kiss as the _________ coming up into the lips of a person.
(a) Respect.
(b) Soul.
(c) Truth.
(d) Lesson.

4. Who is the madman that wields a knife, the thing which is a nihilist that embraces destruction?
(a) Pity.
(b) Love.
(c) Trust.
(d) Truth.

5. 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) Spiritual world.
(b) Loving.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Invisible.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.

2. When one begins to break down, Rumi says this is _________ and a feeling of being outside of time.

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

4. The poets asks for a __________ to climb into the Friend, and the response is that this item is in the person's head.

5. Rumi says to give up wanting what others hand and says that the day is a __________ day, according to his writing.

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