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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. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.
(a) Old cook.
(b) Old man.
(c) Old woman.
(d) Old child.

2. "Come Back, My Friend" is a poem about the many times that Rumi has lost connection with his ___________.
(a) Studies.
(b) Loved one.
(c) Home.
(d) Purpose.

3. The poet quotes Muhammad in one of the poems, saying that he will come take a person before _________.
(a) Nightfall.
(b) Birth.
(c) Death.
(d) Dawn.

4. Barks talks about a teacher, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, who taught both himself and MIchael Green, the book's __________.
(a) Typesetter.
(b) Editor.
(c) Illustrator.
(d) Publisher.

5. Barks asks the reader to be in a state of _______ instead of reading about it, to live the connection about which Rumi speaks.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Devotion.
(d) Study.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barks points out the use of the word "_______" in one of the poems to be intended for the end of a vigil.

2. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.

3. Barks writes in the commentary that Rumi was asked once why we wrote so much since he valued ___________.

4. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.

5. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.

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