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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. Barks reminds the reader about how often ______ is used as a piece of advice for calming one's self.
(a) Praying.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Walking.

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

3. 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) Shoes.
(b) Pants.
(c) Hat.
(d) Coat.

4. Barks talks in his commentary about the mysterious "________" in the poem, though he defines it differently.
(a) Bird.
(b) You.
(c) Color.
(d) Book.

5. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.
(a) Separate.
(b) Fall into a hole.
(c) Know the truth.
(d) Fight with each other.

Short Answer Questions

1. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.

2. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.

3. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.

4. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.

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

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