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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. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Lute.
(b) Bugle.
(c) River.
(d) Reed.

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

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

4. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Silver.
(b) Steel.
(c) Gold.
(d) Iron.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.

2. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."

3. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.

4. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?

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

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