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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. A _______ asks a man who is calling to Allah whether he has ever gotten a reply and then chastises the person for continuing to pray.
(a) Book.
(b) Demon.
(c) Devil.
(d) Cynic.

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

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

4. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.
(a) Live.
(b) Pray.
(c) Honor.
(d) Love.

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

6. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.
(a) Book.
(b) Flower.
(c) Mountain.
(d) Poet.

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

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

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

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

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

12. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.
(a) Secrets.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Elements.

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

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

15. Rumi wants the reader to know that embracing _________ transforms this into joy.
(a) Hurt.
(b) Books.
(c) Others.
(d) Animals.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi says that he does not regret love or passion, but owners everyone's __________, according to the writing.

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

4. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.

5. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

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