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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. When a man is approached by a person who wants to bring his reluctant cousin to a spiritual leader, what is used to convince the cousin?
(a) Prayers.
(b) Fish soup.
(c) A promise for truth.
(d) Money.

2. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.
(a) Sultan Balkh.
(b) Moses.
(c) Sultan Veled.
(d) Solomon.

3. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.
(a) Vessel.
(b) Person.
(c) Camel.
(d) Car.

4. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Balkh.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Konya.

5. Rumi challenges us to "work in the ______ world as hard as we do in the visible" and to "be a companion with the prophets."
(a) Loving.
(b) Invisible.
(c) Infinite.
(d) Spiritual world.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

2. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."

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

4. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.

5. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.

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