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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. When Rumi's teacher would wash his hands, the water would turn to ___________, according to Rumi.
(a) Gold.
(b) Ash.
(c) Light.
(d) Silver.

2. 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.
(a) Hat.
(b) Pants.
(c) Coat.
(d) Shoes.

3. Rumi became joyous, and then died, and then became a fool, according to his writing, and then became scattered _________.
(a) Water.
(b) Pebbles.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Thought.

4. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.
(a) Truth.
(b) Goodness.
(c) Peace.
(d) Spirituality.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.

2. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.

3. Rumi talks to the reader about the desired kiss as the _________ coming up into the lips of a person.

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

5. A _______ asks a man who is calling to Allah whether he has ever gotten a reply and then chastises the person for continuing to pray.

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