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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."
(a) Camel's.
(b) Dog's.
(c) Horse's.
(d) Goat's.

2. Rumi states that "the human shape is a _______ made of distraction and pain, trying to open the image of itself."
(a) Circle.
(b) Bowl.
(c) Ghost.
(d) Sphere.

3. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."
(a) Iron.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Lead.

4. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.
(a) Sisters.
(b) Mother.
(c) Brothers.
(d) Father.

5. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.
(a) Solomon.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Shams.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."

2. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."

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

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

5. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.

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