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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Have Such a Teacher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Whose table is spread with better food when a person fasts, according to Rumi?
(a) Allah's.
(b) Muhammad's.
(c) Jesus'.
(d) Jehovah's.

2. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.
(a) Light.
(b) God.
(c) Nature.
(d) Lessons.

3. Rumi's poem begins by stating that this state of being is the only _______ of which he knows.
(a) Truth.
(b) Water.
(c) Death.
(d) Peace.

4. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.
(a) Song.
(b) Dance.
(c) Wine.
(d) Honor.

5. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'
(a) Read.
(b) Pray.
(c) Walk along the street.
(d) Eat.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."

2. The spiritual journey discussed by Shams and Rumi is one in which one needs to break down the self to find the basic roots of _________ in humanity.

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

4. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.

5. The journey is a practice of ____________, rather than studying or learning with logic from the mind.

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