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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. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."
(a) Immortality.
(b) Smallness.
(c) Immensity.
(d) Love.

2. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'
(a) Read.
(b) Pray.
(c) Eat.
(d) Walk along the street.

3. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.
(a) Nature.
(b) Each other.
(c) An idea.
(d) A song.

4. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.
(a) Diamond.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Ruby.
(d) Sapphire.

5. What is NOT one of the ways in which Rumi writes, according to Barks in his commentary piece?
(a) For no one.
(b) For others.
(c) For glory.
(d) For himself.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Rumi believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.

4. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."

5. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?

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