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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Moses.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Shiraz.
(d) Shams.

2. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Forehead.
(b) Chest.
(c) Feet.
(d) Stomach.

3. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Balkh.
(d) Shams.

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

5. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.
(a) Zulu.
(b) Zuleikha.
(c) Isis.
(d) Nefertiti.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."

3. Rumi lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.

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

5. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."

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