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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.
(a) Muslims.
(b) Taoists.
(c) Jews.
(d) Christians

2. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Esau.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Jacob.

3. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."
(a) Cotton.
(b) Kaaba.
(c) Temple.
(d) Pillow.

4. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Shams.
(c) Shiraz.
(d) Moses.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests "My _____ is from elsewhere. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."

2. Rumi's mystical work was contained within the patterns of ______ Sufism but the life was witness to the boundless universality of the heart.

3. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.

4. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.

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

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