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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. Rumi describes paying attention to the breath and letting go of the _______ with outward breaths.
(a) Fears.
(b) Attachments.
(c) Love.
(d) Self.

2. 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) Gold.
(c) Iron.
(d) Steel.

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

4. Rumi compares daily spiritual practice to continuing to knock at a ___________ to eventually contact the joy inside.
(a) Rock.
(b) Window.
(c) Tree.
(d) Door.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.

2. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"

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

4. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.

5. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.

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