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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. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.
(a) Coat.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Hat.
(d) Pants.

2. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Steel.
(b) Iron.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

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

4. Rumi asks the reader to let their _______ move them, playing music instead of reading as they go along.
(a) Friends.
(b) Truth.
(c) Soul.
(d) Intuition.

5. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.
(a) Blood oath.
(b) Book.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Commitment.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.

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

4. Rumi compares daily spiritual practice to continuing to knock at a ___________ to eventually contact the joy inside.

5. Every day, Rumi says, people wake up with _________, but they need to continue to walk their spiritual path.

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