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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 doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Silver.
(b) Steel.
(c) Iron.
(d) Gold.

2. The soul, says Rumi, is in the shape of a ___________, according to one of his many poems.
(a) Stone.
(b) Bowl.
(c) Thought.
(d) Heart.

3. Rumi asks the reader to accept _________, as everything comes from a higher place, according to his writing.
(a) People.
(b) Troubles.
(c) Injuries.
(d) Lessons.

4. The poet asks the reader what caused a __________ to open and to consume them within their lives.
(a) Hole.
(b) Candle.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Darkness.

5. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Konya.
(c) Anatolia.
(d) Balkh.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

2. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.

3. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.

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

5. Rumi stops his list of things which he uses to describe a friend within his poem in order to ______________.

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