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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Bawa lived alone in a ________ before beginning to teach in Sri Lanka in the 1940s before moving to Philadelphia.
(a) Igloo.
(b) Cave dwelling.
(c) Jungle.
(d) Mountain.

2. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.
(a) A song.
(b) An idea.
(c) Each other.
(d) Nature.

3. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.
(a) Order.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Calm.
(d) Madness.

4. What images in the book does Barks say reflect the idea of openings within the world and in the poems?
(a) Windows.
(b) Cages.
(c) Doors.
(d) Birds.

5. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.
(a) Kneeling.
(b) Singing.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Thinking.

6. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.
(a) Lessons.
(b) Elements.
(c) Secrets.
(d) Clouds.

7. What is NOT one of the ways in which Rumi writes, according to Barks in his commentary piece?
(a) For himself.
(b) For no one.
(c) For glory.
(d) For others.

8. "Come Back, My Friend" is a poem about the many times that Rumi has lost connection with his ___________.
(a) Studies.
(b) Purpose.
(c) Home.
(d) Loved one.

9. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.
(a) Honor.
(b) Pray.
(c) Love.
(d) Live.

10. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.
(a) Mind.
(b) Heart.
(c) Hand.
(d) Soul.

11. What season does Rumi say it always is within the human soul, according to his writing?
(a) Spring.
(b) Autumn.
(c) Winter.
(d) Summer.

12. Rumi asks the reader to accept _________, as everything comes from a higher place, according to his writing.
(a) Injuries.
(b) People.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Troubles.

13. When one begins to break down, Rumi says this is _________ and a feeling of being outside of time.
(a) Fall.
(b) Winter.
(c) Summer.
(d) Spring.

14. Rumi asks the reader to welcome all __________ in one's life, even the ones which are negative.
(a) Lessons.
(b) People.
(c) Emotions.
(d) Animals.

15. The robe of the teacher creates _________, according to Rumi, and the teacher also creates new life.
(a) Peace.
(b) Violence.
(c) Music.
(d) Weather.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi confesses to wanting to have his teacher's __________ in order that he might fly too.

2. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.

3. Rumi stops his list of things which he uses to describe a friend within his poem in order to ______________.

4. There is beauty in every meeting or gathering, the presence of _________, of 'the Friend' in one of Rumi's poems.

5. Rumi tells the reader to start __________ on their own personal journey to enlightenment, according to one of the poems.

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