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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. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.
(a) Light.
(b) Nature.
(c) God.
(d) Lessons.

2. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.
(a) Worships.
(b) Believes.
(c) Loves.
(d) Avoids.

3. 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) Infinite.
(c) Loving.
(d) Invisible.

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

5. The journey is a practice of ____________, rather than studying or learning with logic from the mind.
(a) Practicing.
(b) Jumping.
(c) Experiencing.
(d) Falling.

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. According to the book, the eye is for _______; the soul for joy. The head is for loving; the legs for running.

3. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."

4. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."

5. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.

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