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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rise Up Nimbly and Go on Your Strange Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi instructs us to "consider what the prophets have done. ______ wore fire for an anklet, Moses spoke to the sea."
(a) David.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Abraham.

2. Shams asks Rumi who is greater, Muhammad the messenger of God, or ______ a mystic who claimed to be one with God.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Konya.
(d) Balkh.

3. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.
(a) Person.
(b) Vessel.
(c) Camel.
(d) Car.

4. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.
(a) Crying.
(b) Joyful.
(c) Angry.
(d) Mysterious.

5. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."
(a) Worm.
(b) Bird.
(c) Snake.
(d) Ferret.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."

2. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.

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

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

5. Rumi challenges us to "work in the ______ world as hard as we do in the visible" and to "be a companion with the prophets."

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