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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. Rumi uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Real.
(b) Fun.
(c) Easy.
(d) Hard.

2. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Honor.
(c) Art.
(d) Religion.

3. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Knife.
(b) Sword.
(c) Hatchet.
(d) Spear.

4. Barks asks the reader to be in a state of _______ instead of reading about it, to live the connection about which Rumi speaks.
(a) Devotion.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Study.

5. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.
(a) Commitment.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Book.
(d) Blood oath.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.

2. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.

3. Rumi advises the reader to disappear with the _________ each month and to bend like a tree limb.

4. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.

5. Rumi urges the reader to let go of the _____, the covering clothes, and to be naked in the world, according to his writing.

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