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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Path of Blame.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.
(a) Honor.
(b) Religion.
(c) Sculpture.
(d) Art.

2. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.
(a) Correctedness.
(b) Truth.
(c) Lesson.
(d) I.

3. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.
(a) Car.
(b) Person.
(c) Camel.
(d) Vessel.

4. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Lute.
(b) Reed.
(c) Bugle.
(d) River.

5. Rumi advises the reader to disappear with the _________ each month and to bend like a tree limb.
(a) Moon.
(b) Sun.
(c) Animals.
(d) Tides.

Short Answer Questions

1. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.

2. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.

3. Whose table is spread with better food when a person fasts, according to Rumi?

4. Rumi suggests "My _____ is from elsewhere. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."

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."

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