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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi states that "the human shape is a _______ made of distraction and pain, trying to open the image of itself."
(a) Bowl.
(b) Ghost.
(c) Sphere.
(d) Circle.

2. 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) River.
(d) Reed.

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) Breathing.
(d) Walking.

4. 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.

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

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

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

8. In a poem, Rumi asks the lion of the ________ to roar and rend open the writer, according to the content of the poem.
(a) Lion.
(b) Horse.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Bear.

9. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."
(a) Bird.
(b) Ferret.
(c) Snake.
(d) Worm.

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

11. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.
(a) Loves.
(b) Avoids.
(c) Worships.
(d) Believes.

12. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.
(a) Lessons.
(b) God.
(c) Light.
(d) Nature.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Every day, Rumi says, people wake up with _________, but they need to continue to walk their spiritual path.

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

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

4. Rumi lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.

5. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.

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