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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 asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Muhammad.

2. 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.

3. Rumi compares his soul to a drop in a spiritual _________ saying that it is always a certain season the human soul.
(a) Scripture.
(b) Homily.
(c) Bucket.
(d) Ocean.

4. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.
(a) Dawn.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Truth.
(d) Understanding.

5. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.
(a) Stone.
(b) Roof.
(c) Ledge.
(d) Window.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet speaks of happiness for an unknown reason, and it becomes easy to ______, though the joy is inexplicable.

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

3. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?

4. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.

5. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.

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