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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. The poet quotes Muhammad in one of the poems, saying that he will come take a person before _________.
(a) Birth.
(b) Death.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) Dawn.

2. 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.

3. Rumi describes paying attention to the breath and letting go of the _______ with outward breaths.
(a) Attachments.
(b) Love.
(c) Self.
(d) Fears.

4. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Esau.
(b) Jacob.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Joseph.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. _________, according to Rumi, will tend to accumulate while the real work is going on elsewhere.

2. Barks reminds the reader about how often ______ is used as a piece of advice for calming one's self.

3. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.

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

5. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?

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