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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 lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Balkh.
(c) Konya,
(d) Tabriz.

2. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Jesus.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Muhammad.
(d) Gandhi.

3. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."
(a) Camel's.
(b) Goat's.
(c) Horse's.
(d) Dog's.

4. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?
(a) Shams.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Ramakrishna.
(d) Bawa.

5. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Silver.
(b) Iron.
(c) Gold.
(d) Steel.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.

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

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

4. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.

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

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