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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. Rumi urges the reader to let go of the _____, the covering clothes, and to be naked in the world, according to his writing.
(a) Heart.
(b) Outcome.
(c) Brain.
(d) Truth.

2. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.
(a) I.
(b) Correctedness.
(c) Truth.
(d) Lesson.

3. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.
(a) Birds.
(b) Teachers.
(c) Sweethearts.
(d) Students.

4. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.
(a) Balkh.
(b) Konya.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Bestami.

5. Rumi asks the reader to let their _______ move them, playing music instead of reading as they go along.
(a) Soul.
(b) Truth.
(c) Friends.
(d) Intuition.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

2. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.

3. Fullness _______ the soul, while emptiness frees it, according to the writing of Rumi in the poem.

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

5. The poet notes that he is nothing, not from an origin story, not body or __________, according to the writing.

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