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

2. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Konya.
(c) Anatolia.
(d) Balkh.

3. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Balkh.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Shams.

4. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Moses.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Shams.
(d) Shiraz.

5. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."
(a) Blue.
(b) Red.
(c) Yellow.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

2. The destination may be unclear for __________ understanding, according to Rumi, but one should walk anyway.

3. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."

4. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.

5. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.

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