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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 notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Knowing.
(b) Living.
(c) Wandering.
(d) Breathing.

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

3. Rumi says that humans should explore the reality of ____________, the grittiness of the soul and not live in the ideal.
(a) God.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Churches.
(d) Books.

4. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.
(a) Sun.
(b) Sea.
(c) Air.
(d) Bible.

5. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Rose.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Bush.
(d) Holly.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."

2. The writer continues to tell the reader to keep working, searching for __________ in the daily practice.

3. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.

4. The poet says the he would die into _______, as clouds might disappear into the sun, according to his writings.

5. Rumi asks the reader to welcome all __________ in one's life, even the ones which are negative.

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