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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's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.
(a) Moses.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) Shams.
(d) Muhammad.

2. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Stomach.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Feet.
(d) Chest.

3. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.
(a) Father.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Mother.

4. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.
(a) Shiraz.
(b) Shams.
(c) Moses.
(d) Bestami.

5. Rumi believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.
(a) Branch.
(b) Journey.
(c) House.
(d) Mission.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."

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

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