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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. When asked how long he would remain in pain, Rumi answered that he was a _________ and his friend was the whole night.
(a) Star.
(b) Candle.
(c) Moonbeam.
(d) Student.

2. Shams asks Rumi who is greater, Muhammad the messenger of God, or ______ a mystic who claimed to be one with God.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Konya.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Balkh.

3. 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.

4. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Balkh.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Konya.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.

4. Rumi believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.

5. Rumi says to give up wanting what others hand and says that the day is a __________ day, according to his writing.

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