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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. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.
(a) Konya.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Balkh.

2. Rumi slipped back into what ______ the Greek called the whole catastrophe as a living example of another possibility for life.
(a) Manos.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Zorba.
(d) Zappa.

3. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."
(a) Lead.
(b) Silver.
(c) Iron.
(d) Gold.

4. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Crying.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.

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

3. Rumi gives advice about how to deal with hardship, "The cure for the ______ is in the pain. Good and bad are mixed."

4. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."

5. Rumi points out that while others are laughing and dancing, there are few who will hear the ________ hidden within the notes.

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