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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 Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.
(a) Zulu.
(b) Zuleikha.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Isis.

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. 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.

4. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Esau.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Jacob.

5. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Bush.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Holly.
(d) Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi uses the metaphor of tilling the soil to plant trees and roses for the way that one breaks up the __________.

2. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.

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

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

5. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.

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