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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. 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) Knife.
(d) Spear.

2. Rumi's mystical work was contained within the patterns of ______ Sufism but the life was witness to the boundless universality of the heart.
(a) Jain.
(b) Christian.
(c) Islamic,
(d) Buddhist.

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

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

5. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.
(a) Lessons.
(b) Elements.
(c) Clouds.
(d) Secrets.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.

2. The poet quotes Muhammad in one of the poems, saying that he will come take a person before _________.

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

4. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.

5. Rumi speaks of the surrendering to __________ which brings light to all one's flaws, within one of his poems.

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