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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 _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.
(a) Cave.
(b) Closet.
(c) Ocean.
(d) Orchard.

2. Rumi compares daily spiritual practice to continuing to knock at a ___________ to eventually contact the joy inside.
(a) Tree.
(b) Door.
(c) Window.
(d) Rock.

3. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.
(a) Dance.
(b) Honor.
(c) Song.
(d) Wine.

4. Whose table is spread with better food when a person fasts, according to Rumi?
(a) Jehovah's.
(b) Allah's.
(c) Muhammad's.
(d) Jesus'.

5. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Nail.
(b) Spear.
(c) Sword.
(d) Knife.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.

2. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.

3. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.

4. Rumi believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.

5. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."

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