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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come Back, My Friend.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.
(a) Flower.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Poet.
(d) Book.

2. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.
(a) Mother.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Father.

3. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.
(a) Orchard.
(b) Closet.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Cave.

4. Rumi stops his list of things which he uses to describe a friend within his poem in order to ______________.
(a) Sing.
(b) Dance his dance.
(c) Keep a bird from flying away.
(d) Pray.

5. The poet describes _________ appearing at the footsteps of his teacher, in one of his poems in this section.
(a) Gold pieces.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Puddles.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. A _______ asks a man who is calling to Allah whether he has ever gotten a reply and then chastises the person for continuing to pray.

2. _________, according to Rumi, will tend to accumulate while the real work is going on elsewhere.

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

4. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.

5. Rumi says to give up wanting what others hand and says that the day is a __________ day, according to his writing.

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