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

2. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.
(a) Song.
(b) Honor.
(c) Dance.
(d) Wine.

3. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.
(a) Priest.
(b) Spouse.
(c) Barber.
(d) Peasant.

4. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.
(a) Surface.
(b) Inner.
(c) Outer.
(d) Lower.

5. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Shams.
(b) Shiraz.
(c) Moses.
(d) Solomon.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet notes that he is nothing, not from an origin story, not body or __________, according to the writing.

2. What images in the book does Barks say reflect the idea of openings within the world and in the poems?

3. Bawa's teachings not only encouraged Barks, but they also encouraged Barks to bring Rumi to ____________.

4. The poet asks the reader what caused a __________ to open and to consume them within their lives.

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

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