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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) You.
(c) She.
(d) That.

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

3. Barks talks in his commentary about the mysterious "________" in the poem, though he defines it differently.
(a) You.
(b) Book.
(c) Bird.
(d) Color.

4. When asked how long he would remain in pain, Rumi answered that he was a _________ and his friend was the whole night.
(a) Student.
(b) Star.
(c) Moonbeam.
(d) Candle.

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

6. When Rumi's teacher would wash his hands, the water would turn to ___________, according to Rumi.
(a) Light.
(b) Ash.
(c) Gold.
(d) Silver.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

15. __________ 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) Thinking.
(d) Kissing.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is essential, according to Rumi, to know of the __________, which may sometimes be open and sometimes closed.

2. Rumi talks to the reader about the desired kiss as the _________ coming up into the lips of a person.

3. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.

4. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.

5. Rumi speaks in the poem mentioned in #157 about a _________ bringing him back to this lost connection.

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