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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 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.

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

3. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Bugle.
(b) River.
(c) Reed.
(d) Lute.

4. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.
(a) Cellar.
(b) Well.
(c) House.
(d) Cave.

5. Rumi asks the reader to let their _______ move them, playing music instead of reading as they go along.
(a) Intuition.
(b) Soul.
(c) Friends.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.

3. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"

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

5. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."

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