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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. Rumi speaks in the poem mentioned in #157 about a _________ bringing him back to this lost connection.
(a) Book.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Storm.
(d) Fragrance.

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) Knife.
(d) Spear.

3. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.
(a) Sun.
(b) Bible.
(c) Sea.
(d) Air.

4. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.
(a) Muslims.
(b) Taoists.
(c) Christians
(d) Jews.

5. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.
(a) Mother.
(b) Brothers.
(c) Sisters.
(d) Father.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.

2. The journey is a practice of ____________, rather than studying or learning with logic from the mind.

3. Barks reminds the reader about how often ______ is used as a piece of advice for calming one's self.

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

5. Rumi's poem begins by stating that this state of being is the only _______ of which he knows.

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