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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Rumi relishes things like walking, meditation, and fasting as they help to bring a person into ____________.
(a) A new love.
(b) The connection with God.
(c) The moment.
(d) Themselves.

3. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Muhammad.
(b) Gandhi.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Buddha.

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.
(a) A dirty joke.
(b) A romance.
(c) A funeral.
(d) A war.

5. 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) Inner.
(b) Outer.
(c) Surface.
(d) Lower.

6. Rumi asks the reader to let their _______ move them, playing music instead of reading as they go along.
(a) Intuition.
(b) Truth.
(c) Friends.
(d) Soul.

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

8. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."
(a) Immortality.
(b) Love.
(c) Smallness.
(d) Immensity.

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

10. 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) Peasant.
(c) Spouse.
(d) Barber.

11. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"
(a) Silver.
(b) Iron.
(c) Lead.
(d) Gold.

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

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

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

15. Rumi uses the metaphor of being sent to do a task by a King, and forgetting in the poem "The _____ Work".
(a) Easy.
(b) Hard.
(c) Real.
(d) Fun.

Short Answer Questions

1. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.

2. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.

3. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.

4. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."

5. According to the book, the eye is for _______; the soul for joy. The head is for loving; the legs for running.

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