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

2. The poets asks for a __________ to climb into the Friend, and the response is that this item is in the person's head.
(a) Ladder.
(b) Swing.
(c) Rope.
(d) Stairs.

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

4. Bawa lived alone in a ________ before beginning to teach in Sri Lanka in the 1940s before moving to Philadelphia.
(a) Mountain.
(b) Cave dwelling.
(c) Jungle.
(d) Igloo.

5. Rumi says that he does not regret love or passion, but owners everyone's __________, according to the writing.
(a) Flaws.
(b) Paths.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

2. The poet describes _________ appearing at the footsteps of his teacher, in one of his poems in this section.

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

4. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.

5. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."

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