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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 uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Hard.
(b) Fun.
(c) Easy.
(d) Real.

2. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.
(a) Kneeling.
(b) Longing.
(c) Beginning.
(d) Truth.

3. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.
(a) Flower.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Poet.
(d) Book.

4. Rumi notes that everywhere a reader goes, they will perceive others as they themselves are, just as a _________ will ignore the amazing city of Baghdad.
(a) Child.
(b) Ant.
(c) Fly.
(d) Cow.

5. Fullness _______ the soul, while emptiness frees it, according to the writing of Rumi in the poem.
(a) Engages.
(b) Fills.
(c) Depletes.
(d) Oppresses.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

2. The poet describes _________ appearing at the footsteps of his teacher, in one of his poems in this section.

3. The poet calls out for his _____'s return and to re-live their union during the course of one of his poems.

4. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.

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

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