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

2. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.
(a) Angry.
(b) Crying.
(c) Joyful.
(d) Mysterious.

3. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.
(a) Truth.
(b) Moonshine.
(c) Understanding.
(d) Dawn.

4. Rumi uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Hard.
(b) Easy.
(c) Real.
(d) Fun.

5. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Wandering.
(b) Knowing.
(c) Living.
(d) Breathing.

Short Answer Questions

1. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.

2. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.

3. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."

4. Rumi instructs us to "consider what the prophets have done. ______ wore fire for an anklet, Moses spoke to the sea."

5. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.

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