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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, Into the Soup.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. It is essential, according to Rumi, to know of the __________, which may sometimes be open and sometimes closed.
(a) Door.
(b) Heart.
(c) Soul.
(d) Window.

2. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.
(a) Jesus.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Shams.

3. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.
(a) Quandaries.
(b) Qalans.
(c) Qualudes.
(d) Qalandars.

4. 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.
(a) Surface.
(b) Outer.
(c) Lower.
(d) Inner.

5. Rumi says that humans should explore the reality of ____________, the grittiness of the soul and not live in the ideal.
(a) Humanity.
(b) Books.
(c) Churches.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem at the start of this section describes the idea that human beings visit space through breaking one's ________ down.

2. The poet calls out for his _____'s return and to re-live their union during the course of one of his poems.

3. In this metaphor of the cook and the ingredient, the __________ suffers torture, only to transform into something great.

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

5. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."

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