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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through The Whole Catastrophe.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.
(a) A dirty joke.
(b) A funeral.
(c) A war.
(d) A romance.

3. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."
(a) Binge.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Lethargy.
(d) Drunkeness.

4. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."
(a) Yellow.
(b) Black.
(c) Red.
(d) Blue.

5. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.
(a) Donkey.
(b) Camel.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Horse.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

2. 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.

3. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."

4. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.

5. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."

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