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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi states, in "The Prophets" no one knows if the _______ will sink or reach the harbor.
(a) Camel.
(b) Car.
(c) Vessel.
(d) Person.

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

3. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.
(a) Sculpture.
(b) Art.
(c) Religion.
(d) Honor.

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

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

6. When Rumi regained consciousness, he stated that _______ was the greater because he realized the breadth of God.
(a) Konya.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Bestami.
(d) Balkh.

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

8. A baby __________ hears a whistling and is thus driven to fly into the sky, according to Rumi.
(a) Pigeon.
(b) Eagle.
(c) Owl.
(d) Hawk.

9. The poet notes that he is nothing, not from an origin story, not body or __________, according to the writing.
(a) Happiness.
(b) Endings.
(c) Soul.
(d) Truth.

10. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Knowing.
(b) Living.
(c) Breathing.
(d) Wandering.

11. 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.

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

13. Rumi urges the reader to let go of the _____, the covering clothes, and to be naked in the world, according to his writing.
(a) Truth.
(b) Heart.
(c) Outcome.
(d) Brain.

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) Balkh.
(c) Konya,
(d) Bestami.

15. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.
(a) Love.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Thought.
(d) Abstinence.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.

2. 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.

3. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.

4. The writer continues to tell the reader to keep working, searching for __________ in the daily practice.

5. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.

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