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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."
(a) Binge.
(b) Drunkeness.
(c) Lethargy.
(d) Ecstasy.

2. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.
(a) Sweethearts.
(b) Birds.
(c) Teachers.
(d) Students.

3. The writer continues to tell the reader to keep working, searching for __________ in the daily practice.
(a) Love.
(b) Water.
(c) Women.
(d) Answers.

4. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.
(a) Moonshine.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Truth.
(d) Dawn.

5. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.
(a) Moses.
(b) Shams.
(c) St. Francis.
(d) Muhammad.

Short Answer Questions

1. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

2. In the poem, "Give ______ slowly" Rumi uses the new moon as a metaphor for patients and slowness in creation.

3. The poet notes that he is nothing, not from an origin story, not body or __________, according to the writing.

4. According to the book, the eye is for _______; the soul for joy. The head is for loving; the legs for running.

5. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.

Short Essay Questions

1. Where do human beings sit, according to the writings of Rumi, when they are in a prison?

2. What should a person do with their life instead of acting from fear, according to the writings of Rumi?

3. What will happen after the traveler's legs become tired during the journey?

4. What doesn't matter in the midst of an orchard in the spring, according to the writings of Rumi?

5. What will happen to a person's present life when they are going on a spiritual journey, according to the writings of Rumi?

6. What are the amazing things prophets have done, according to the writings of Rumi?

7. What happens when you fast, according to the narrator of the poem, in one of Rumi's writings?

8. What is the metaphor Rumi uses to urge the reader to take risks in their life?

9. What does Barks have to say about Rumi as being a True Human Being? What does Barks say this means?

10. Who does Rumi say will not be able to wake to the truth, according to the writings of Rumi?

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