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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet states that ________ don't prepare us for the journey we all have to make, according to one of the poems.
(a) Prayers.
(b) Words.
(c) Chants.
(d) Presents.

2. The poet asks the reader what caused a __________ to open and to consume them within their lives.
(a) Hole.
(b) Candle.
(c) Smoke.
(d) Darkness.

3. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.
(a) Window.
(b) Roof.
(c) Stone.
(d) Ledge.

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

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

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

7. Rumi says that he does not regret love or passion, but owners everyone's __________, according to the writing.
(a) Lessons.
(b) Flaws.
(c) Questions.
(d) Paths.

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

9. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?
(a) Chess.
(b) Truth or Dare.
(c) Softball.
(d) Poker.

10. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.
(a) Mountain.
(b) Poet.
(c) Book.
(d) Flower.

11. Rumi speaks in the poem mentioned in #157 about a _________ bringing him back to this lost connection.
(a) Storm.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Book.
(d) Fragrance.

12. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.
(a) Snake.
(b) Caterpillar.
(c) Butterfly.
(d) Silkworm.

13. Who is the madman that wields a knife, the thing which is a nihilist that embraces destruction?
(a) Pity.
(b) Truth.
(c) Trust.
(d) Love.

14. Then, according to Rumi, the student felt love and became the __________ cast by the light of the teacher.
(a) Shadow.
(b) Truth.
(c) Witness.
(d) Peace.

15. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.
(a) Air.
(b) Bible.
(c) Sun.
(d) Sea.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season does Rumi say it always is within the human soul, according to his writing?

2. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.

3. "Come Back, My Friend" is a poem about the many times that Rumi has lost connection with his ___________.

4. Barks points out that Shams believed that Rumi wrote in _________ ways when he wrote to teach others.

5. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

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