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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. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.
(a) Sapphire.
(b) Emerald.
(c) Diamond.
(d) Ruby.

2. The cook answers the ingredient by saying that he's going to make something __________ out of it.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Great.
(c) Holy.
(d) Honorable.

3. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.
(a) The daughter.
(b) The mother.
(c) The father.
(d) The friend.

4. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.
(a) Lessons.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Elements.
(d) Secrets.

5. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."
(a) Moon.
(b) Sun.
(c) Son.
(d) Stars.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.

2. In the poem, the cook is a _________ while the ingredient is a student, according to Rumi's perspective.

3. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

4. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.

5. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."

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