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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.
(a) Priest.
(b) Barber.
(c) Peasant.
(d) Spouse.

2. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.
(a) Moses.
(b) Sultan Balkh.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Sultan Veled.

3. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Silver.
(d) Lead.

4. Rumi compares daily spiritual practice to continuing to knock at a ___________ to eventually contact the joy inside.
(a) Tree.
(b) Door.
(c) Rock.
(d) Window.

5. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Chest.
(b) Feet.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Forehead.

6. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.
(a) Moses.
(b) Bestami.
(c) Shiraz.
(d) Shams.

7. _________, according to Rumi, will tend to accumulate while the real work is going on elsewhere.
(a) Truths.
(b) Connections.
(c) Trust.
(d) Coins.

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

9. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.
(a) Mysterious.
(b) Angry.
(c) Crying.
(d) Joyful.

10. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.
(a) Nefertiti.
(b) Isis.
(c) Zulu.
(d) Zuleikha.

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

12. The ________ breath brings a presence, through the head to the heart, with a mantra, "God alone is real."
(a) Inward.
(b) Truth.
(c) Outward.
(d) Quiet.

13. The destination may be unclear for __________ understanding, according to Rumi, but one should walk anyway.
(a) Childlike.
(b) Human.
(c) Better.
(d) Animal.

14. Whose table is spread with better food when a person fasts, according to Rumi?
(a) Jehovah's.
(b) Muhammad's.
(c) Jesus'.
(d) Allah's.

15. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.
(a) Believes.
(b) Loves.
(c) Worships.
(d) Avoids.

Short Answer Questions

1. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.

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

3. Rumi urges the reader to let go of the _____, the covering clothes, and to be naked in the world, according to his writing.

4. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."

5. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."

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