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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The ________ speaking scripture brings the dead students of scripture to life, according to Rumi.
(a) Stone.
(b) Cloud.
(c) Book.
(d) Teacher.

2. Rumi decided to answer that he wrote so much because no ________ came from the radiance inside of him.
(a) Peace.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Words.
(d) Truth.

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

4. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.
(a) Old man.
(b) Old cook.
(c) Old woman.
(d) Old child.

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

6. 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) Witnessing.
(b) Peacefulness.
(c) Honor.
(d) Religion.

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

8. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Peace.
(c) Truth.
(d) Goodness.

9. Rumi also believes that a reader should _________, even if they don't mean it at first.
(a) Talk.
(b) Sing.
(c) Pray.
(d) Discuss.

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

11. Barks points out that Shams believed that Rumi wrote in _________ ways when he wrote to teach others.
(a) Three.
(b) Ten.
(c) Four.
(d) Two.

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

13. 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.

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

15. Rumi's poem begins by stating that this state of being is the only _______ of which he knows.
(a) Death.
(b) Truth.
(c) Peace.
(d) Water.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi notes that everywhere a reader goes, they will perceive others as they themselves are, just as a _________ will ignore the amazing city of Baghdad.

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

4. The soul, says Rumi, is in the shape of a ___________, according to one of his many poems.

5. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.

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