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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 met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Balkh.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Konya.

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

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

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

5. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.
(a) The father.
(b) The friend.
(c) The daughter.
(d) The mother.

Short Answer Questions

1. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.

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

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

4. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.

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

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