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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. A baby __________ hears a whistling and is thus driven to fly into the sky, according to Rumi.
(a) Owl.
(b) Pigeon.
(c) Eagle.
(d) Hawk.

2. Rumi notes that everywhere a reader goes, they will perceive others as they themselves are, just as a _________ will ignore the amazing city of Baghdad.
(a) Ant.
(b) Fly.
(c) Cow.
(d) Child.

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

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

5. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."
(a) Black.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Blue.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi gives advice about how to deal with hardship, "The cure for the ______ is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed."

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

3. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.

4. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."

5. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."

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