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

2. 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.

3. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."
(a) Temple.
(b) Cotton.
(c) Kaaba.
(d) Pillow.

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

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

6. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.
(a) Jeweled.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Iron.

7. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.
(a) Closet.
(b) Ocean.
(c) Orchard.
(d) Cave.

8. The writer continues to tell the reader to keep working, searching for __________ in the daily practice.
(a) Water.
(b) Love.
(c) Answers.
(d) Women.

9. When a man is approached by a person who wants to bring his reluctant cousin to a spiritual leader, what is used to convince the cousin?
(a) Money.
(b) Prayers.
(c) A promise for truth.
(d) Fish soup.

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

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

12. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.
(a) Konya.
(b) Bestami.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Balkh.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.

2. Who is the spiritual leader who is approached in order to see how a person might be coaxed into learning?

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

4. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'

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

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