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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through There Is a Breathing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.
(a) I.
(b) Lesson.
(c) Correctedness.
(d) Truth.

2. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.
(a) A funeral.
(b) A dirty joke.
(c) A romance.
(d) A war.

3. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.
(a) Himself.
(b) Intention.
(c) Love.
(d) God.

4. The destination may be unclear for __________ understanding, according to Rumi, but one should walk anyway.
(a) Human.
(b) Better.
(c) Childlike.
(d) Animal.

5. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.
(a) Konya.
(b) Anatolia.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Balkh.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. Rumi believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.

4. Fullness _______ the soul, while emptiness frees it, according to the writing of Rumi in the poem.

5. Rumi was able to take all the usual existential issues that human beings face on a daily basis and change them to ______.

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