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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ makes Rumi fierce and tender, according to his own admission in one of his poems.
(a) Truth.
(b) Hate.
(c) Love.
(d) Learning.

2. The spiritual journey discussed by Shams and Rumi is one in which one needs to break down the self to find the basic roots of _________ in humanity.
(a) Peacefulness.
(b) Honor.
(c) Religion.
(d) Witnessing.

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

4. The poet describes _________ appearing at the footsteps of his teacher, in one of his poems in this section.
(a) Gold pieces.
(b) Flowers.
(c) Puddles.
(d) Books.

5. Barks points out the use of the word "_______" in one of the poems to be intended for the end of a vigil.
(a) This.
(b) She.
(c) You.
(d) That.

6. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.
(a) Book.
(b) Blood oath.
(c) Commitment.
(d) Prayer.

7. Rumi became joyous, and then died, and then became a fool, according to his writing, and then became scattered _________.
(a) Pebbles.
(b) Thought.
(c) Water.
(d) Smoke.

8. When the poet talks about tearing down the ___________, he is talking about tearing down the self.
(a) House.
(b) Rocks.
(c) Wall.
(d) Books.

9. Bawa's teachings not only encouraged Barks, but they also encouraged Barks to bring Rumi to ____________.
(a) The temples.
(b) The publishing market.
(c) The Christians.
(d) The West.

10. The poet has to ask Shams and _________ to help him, since he is partly within himself and partly outside of himself.
(a) Moon.
(b) Books.
(c) Sun.
(d) Peasant.

11. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Piece of cheese.
(c) Song.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.

12. Rumi tells the reader to start __________ on their own personal journey to enlightenment, according to one of the poems.
(a) Dancing.
(b) Crawling.
(c) Skipping.
(d) Walking.

13. Barks writes in the commentary that Rumi was asked once why we wrote so much since he valued ___________.
(a) Dance.
(b) Silence.
(c) Music.
(d) Truth.

14. The poet compares himself to a __________, stripped of its petals and of its leaves, within one of the poems.
(a) Rose hip.
(b) Peony.
(c) Daisy.
(d) Violet.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi also believes that a reader should _________, even if they don't mean it at first.

2. The poets asks for a __________ to climb into the Friend, and the response is that this item is in the person's head.

3. Rumi compares his soul to a drop in a spiritual _________ saying that it is always a certain season the human soul.

4. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.

5. When Rumi's teacher would wash his hands, the water would turn to ___________, according to Rumi.

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