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

2. Rumi gives advice about how to deal with hardship, "The cure for the ______ is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed."
(a) Depression.
(b) Disease.
(c) Love.
(d) Pain.

3. 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.

4. Rumi instructs us to "consider what the prophets have done. ______ wore fire for an anklet, Moses spoke to the sea."
(a) Joseph.
(b) Abraham.
(c) Solomon.
(d) David.

5. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.
(a) Iron.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Jeweled.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.

3. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'

4. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

5. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.

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