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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. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.
(a) Iron.
(b) Gold.
(c) Silver.
(d) Jeweled.

2. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Nail.
(b) Sword.
(c) Spear.
(d) Knife.

3. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?
(a) Bawa.
(b) Shams.
(c) Ramakrishna.
(d) Rumi.

4. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.
(a) Solomon.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Shams.

5. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.
(a) Priest.
(b) Peasant.
(c) Barber.
(d) Spouse.

Short Answer Questions

1. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.

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

3. Every day, Rumi says, people wake up with _________, but they need to continue to walk their spiritual path.

4. The destination may be unclear for __________ understanding, according to Rumi, but one should walk anyway.

5. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."

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