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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 states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."
(a) Ecstasy.
(b) Lethargy.
(c) Drunkeness.
(d) Binge.

2. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.
(a) Car.
(b) Camel.
(c) Vessel.
(d) Person.

3. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.
(a) Shiraz.
(b) Moses.
(c) Shams.
(d) Bestami.

4. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Spear.
(b) Sword.
(c) Knife.
(d) Nail.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.

3. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.

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

5. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

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