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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 Balkh.
(c) Moses.
(d) Sultan Veled.

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

3. Rumi suggests "My _____ is from elsewhere. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."
(a) Spirit.
(b) Mind.
(c) Body.
(d) Soul.

4. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.
(a) Well.
(b) House.
(c) Cave.
(d) Cellar.

5. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Gold.
(b) Silver.
(c) Steel.
(d) Iron.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi states that "the human shape is a _______ made of distraction and pain, trying to open the image of itself."

2. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

3. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.

4. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.

5. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.

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