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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. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Reed.
(b) River.
(c) Lute.
(d) Bugle.

2. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.
(a) Moses.
(b) Sultan Balkh.
(c) Sultan Veled.
(d) Solomon.

3. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?
(a) Bawa.
(b) Shams.
(c) Ramakrishna.
(d) Rumi.

4. Rumi describes paying attention to the breath and letting go of the _______ with outward breaths.
(a) Fears.
(b) Attachments.
(c) Love.
(d) Self.

5. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.
(a) Qualudes.
(b) Qalans.
(c) Qalandars.
(d) Quandaries.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

2. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.

3. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."

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

5. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.

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