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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. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.
(a) Light.
(b) God.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Nature.

2. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."
(a) Smallness.
(b) Love.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Immensity.

3. Rumi suggests "My _____ is from elsewhere. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."
(a) Spirit.
(b) Mind.
(c) Soul.
(d) Body.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.

2. Rumi uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".

3. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.

4. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

5. The journey is a practice of ____________, rather than studying or learning with logic from the mind.

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