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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come to the Orchard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Shams.

2. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.
(a) Birds.
(b) Sweethearts.
(c) Students.
(d) Teachers.

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

4. 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) Infinite.
(b) Spiritual world.
(c) Loving.
(d) Invisible.

5. Rumi lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.
(a) Balkh.
(b) Bestami.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Konya,

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.

2. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."

3. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."

4. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.

5. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.

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