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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Have Opened You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.
(a) Snake.
(b) Caterpillar.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Silkworm.

2. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.
(a) Book.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Blood oath.

3. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.
(a) An idea.
(b) Each other.
(c) Nature.
(d) A song.

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

5. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.
(a) Muslims.
(b) Jews.
(c) Christians
(d) Taoists.

Short Answer Questions

1. When asked how long he would remain in pain, Rumi answered that he was a _________ and his friend was the whole night.

2. In one poem, Rumi begins to describe two lovers who are ___________ and drinking water.

3. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.

4. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.

5. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."

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