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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi instructs us to "consider what the prophets have done. ______ wore fire for an anklet, Moses spoke to the sea."
(a) David.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Joseph.
(d) Abraham.

2. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Shams.
(d) Balkh.

3. Barks reminds the reader about how often ______ is used as a piece of advice for calming one's self.
(a) Praying.
(b) Chanting.
(c) Walking.
(d) Breathing.

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

5. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Gold.
(b) Iron.
(c) Silver.
(d) Steel.

6. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?
(a) Rumi.
(b) Shams.
(c) Bawa.
(d) Ramakrishna.

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

8. In the poem, "Give ______ slowly" Rumi uses the new moon as a metaphor for patients and slowness in creation.
(a) Truth.
(b) Love.
(c) Birth.
(d) Honor.

9. Fullness _______ the soul, while emptiness frees it, according to the writing of Rumi in the poem.
(a) Oppresses.
(b) Fills.
(c) Engages.
(d) Depletes.

10. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Bush.
(b) Holly.
(c) Ivy.
(d) Rose.

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

12. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.
(a) Intention.
(b) God.
(c) Love.
(d) Himself.

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

14. Rumi lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Konya,
(c) Bestami.
(d) Balkh.

15. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.
(a) Donkey.
(b) Horse.
(c) Camel.
(d) Elephant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."

2. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.

3. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.

4. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.

5. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.

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