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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. 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.

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

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

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

6. Rumi says that humans should explore the reality of ____________, the grittiness of the soul and not live in the ideal.
(a) Books.
(b) Humanity.
(c) God.
(d) Churches.

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

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

9. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.
(a) Wheat plants.
(b) Ideas.
(c) Pieces.
(d) Truths.

10. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.
(a) Tear.
(b) Blanket.
(c) Question.
(d) Rattle.

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

12. Rumi speaks of the surrendering to __________ which brings light to all one's flaws, within one of his poems.
(a) Love.
(b) Innocence.
(c) Truth.
(d) Timelessness.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.

5. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.

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