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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) Konya.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Balkh.

2. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Abstinence.
(c) Thought.
(d) Love.

3. 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.
(a) Outer.
(b) Lower.
(c) Surface.
(d) Inner.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.

3. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.

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

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

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