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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. __________ is the character Rumi describes as a metalworker, making new shapes out of locks and chains.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Jacob.
(c) David.
(d) Thomas.

2. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.
(a) Kneeling.
(b) Truth.
(c) Beginning.
(d) Longing.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. The poets asks for a __________ to climb into the Friend, and the response is that this item is in the person's head.
(a) Ladder.
(b) Swing.
(c) Rope.
(d) Stairs.

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

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

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

14. Rumi talks to the reader about the desired kiss as the _________ coming up into the lips of a person.
(a) Truth.
(b) Respect.
(c) Lesson.
(d) Soul.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ makes Rumi fierce and tender, according to his own admission in one of his poems.

2. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.

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

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

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

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