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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come to the Orchard.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.
(a) The friend.
(b) The daughter.
(c) The mother.
(d) The father.

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

3. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"
(a) Iron.
(b) Lead.
(c) Silver.
(d) Gold.

4. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.
(a) Let out.
(b) Destroyed.
(c) Believed.
(d) Devoured.

5. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.
(a) Elephant.
(b) Camel.
(c) Horse.
(d) Donkey.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. A baby __________ hears a whistling and is thus driven to fly into the sky, according to Rumi.

4. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.

5. Shams asks Rumi who is greater, Muhammad the messenger of God, or ______ a mystic who claimed to be one with God.

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