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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 poet states that ________ don't prepare us for the journey we all have to make, according to one of the poems.
(a) Prayers.
(b) Chants.
(c) Words.
(d) Presents.

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

3. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Knowing.
(b) Breathing.
(c) Living.
(d) Wandering.

4. Rumi speaks in the poem mentioned in #157 about a _________ bringing him back to this lost connection.
(a) Fragrance.
(b) Book.
(c) Storm.
(d) Cloud.

5. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.
(a) An idea.
(b) Nature.
(c) Each other.
(d) A song.

Short Answer Questions

1. A baby __________ hears a whistling and is thus driven to fly into the sky, according to Rumi.

2. When the poet talks about tearing down the ___________, he is talking about tearing down the self.

3. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.

4. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.

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

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