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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 met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.
(a) Balkh.
(b) Konya.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Tabriz.

2. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Jacob.
(b) Joseph.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Esau.

3. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Feet.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Chest.

4. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."
(a) Friends.
(b) Family.
(c) Co-workers.
(d) Lovers.

5. Rumi's mystical work was contained within the patterns of ______ Sufism but the life was witness to the boundless universality of the heart.
(a) Jain.
(b) Buddhist.
(c) Islamic,
(d) Christian.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.

2. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?

3. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.

4. Shams asks Rumi who is greater, Muhammad the messenger of God, or ______ a mystic who claimed to be one with God.

5. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."

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