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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. A baby __________ hears a whistling and is thus driven to fly into the sky, according to Rumi.
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Owl.
(c) Hawk.
(d) Eagle.

2. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."
(a) Ferret.
(b) Snake.
(c) Worm.
(d) Bird.

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

4. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."
(a) Son.
(b) Moon.
(c) Sun.
(d) Stars.

5. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Hatchet.
(b) Sword.
(c) Knife.
(d) Spear.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

2. There is beauty in every meeting or gathering, the presence of _________, of 'the Friend' in one of Rumi's poems.

3. Rumi also believes that a reader should _________, even if they don't mean it at first.

4. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.

5. Rumi advises the reader to disappear with the _________ each month and to bend like a tree limb.

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