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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. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."
(a) Temple.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Pillow.
(d) Kaaba.

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

3. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.
(a) Jeweled.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Iron.

4. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.
(a) Balkh.
(b) Bestami.
(c) Konya.
(d) Anatolia.

5. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Spear.
(b) Knife.
(c) Sword.
(d) Hatchet.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi points out that while others are laughing and dancing, there are few who will hear the ________ hidden within the notes.

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

4. Rumi states that "the human shape is a _______ made of distraction and pain, trying to open the image of itself."

5. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.

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