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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. The poet states that ________ don't prepare us for the journey we all have to make, according to one of the poems.
(a) Chants.
(b) Presents.
(c) Words.
(d) Prayers.

2. __________ makes Rumi fierce and tender, according to his own admission in one of his poems.
(a) Truth.
(b) Hate.
(c) Learning.
(d) Love.

3. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.
(a) Heart.
(b) Mind.
(c) Soul.
(d) Hand.

4. The poet speaks of happiness for an unknown reason, and it becomes easy to ______, though the joy is inexplicable.
(a) Laugh.
(b) Smile.
(c) Cry.
(d) Surrender.

5. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.
(a) Hat.
(b) Shoes.
(c) Coat.
(d) Pants.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

2. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.

3. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.

4. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.

5. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.

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