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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet states that ________ don't prepare us for the journey we all have to make, according to one of the poems.
(a) Prayers.
(b) Words.
(c) Chants.
(d) Presents.

2. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.
(a) Dance.
(b) Song.
(c) Honor.
(d) Wine.

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

4. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.
(a) Jail.
(b) Tree.
(c) Thought.
(d) Room.

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

6. Barks asks the reader to be in a state of _______ instead of reading about it, to live the connection about which Rumi speaks.
(a) Study.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Devotion.

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

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

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

10. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.
(a) Order.
(b) Madness.
(c) Calm.
(d) Lessons.

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

12. Bawa's teachings not only encouraged Barks, but they also encouraged Barks to bring Rumi to ____________.
(a) The Christians.
(b) The temples.
(c) The publishing market.
(d) The West.

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

14. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?
(a) Softball.
(b) Poker.
(c) Truth or Dare.
(d) Chess.

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) Moon.
(c) Peasant.
(d) Books.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.

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

3. The poet asks the reader what caused a __________ to open and to consume them within their lives.

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

5. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.

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