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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 lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.
(a) Balkh.
(b) Konya,
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Bestami.

2. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Spear.
(b) Knife.
(c) Nail.
(d) Sword.

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

4. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Bush.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Holly.
(d) Rose.

5. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Stomach.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Chest.
(d) Feet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.

2. Rumi was able to take all the usual existential issues that human beings face on a daily basis and change them to ______.

3. Rumi slipped back into what ______ the Greek called the whole catastrophe as a living example of another possibility for life.

4. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.

5. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."

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