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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Esau.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Jacob.

2. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.
(a) The friend.
(b) The father.
(c) The mother.
(d) The daughter.

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

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

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

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

7. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Bugle.
(b) Lute.
(c) Reed.
(d) River.

8. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."
(a) Goat's.
(b) Camel's.
(c) Dog's.
(d) Horse's.

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

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

11. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Moses.
(b) Shiraz.
(c) Solomon.
(d) Shams.

12. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."
(a) Lovers.
(b) Co-workers.
(c) Friends.
(d) Family.

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

14. 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) Shoes.
(c) Hat.
(d) Coat.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi slipped back into what ______ the Greek called the whole catastrophe as a living example of another possibility for life.

2. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.

3. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.

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

5. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."

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