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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 uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Hard.
(b) Fun.
(c) Real.
(d) Easy.

2. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."
(a) Stars.
(b) Son.
(c) Sun.
(d) Moon.

3. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.
(a) Nefertiti.
(b) Zulu.
(c) Isis.
(d) Zuleikha.

4. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Buddha.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Gandhi.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"

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

3. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."

4. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.

5. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.

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