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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. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Solomon.
(b) Shiraz.
(c) Shams.
(d) Moses.

2. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."
(a) Lovers.
(b) Friends.
(c) Co-workers.
(d) Family.

3. According to the book, when Rumi realized the greatness of Shams, he fell off his _______ unconscious.
(a) Camel.
(b) Horse.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Donkey.

4. Rumi notes there is only one search in the world: "___________ this world is wandering that..."
(a) Living.
(b) Knowing.
(c) Wandering.
(d) Breathing.

5. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.
(a) Surface.
(b) Lower.
(c) Inner.
(d) Outer.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."

2. Rumi's mystical work was contained within the patterns of ______ Sufism but the life was witness to the boundless universality of the heart.

3. The man compares himself to a __________ in the sunrise, saying that he is lost in his lover's reflection.

4. Jelaluddin Rumi was born in the remote town of _______ in what is now Afghanistan.

5. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'

Short Essay Questions

1. Describe the metaphor Rumi uses when it comes to the black sky and the moon.

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

3. What is the metaphor Rumi uses in order to describe the pull of love in one's life and how one should be pulled by love?

4. What does Rumi do when he is so impressed with the depth of the knowledge of Shams?

5. What happens after Joseph is sold into slavery by his brothers, according to the writings of Rumi?

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

7. What does Zuleikha, an Egyptian woman in love with Joseph, do with the shirt that Joseph wears in the story?

8. What does Rumi have to say about the road to Mecca when he is describing the idea that some mysteries aren't meant to be known?

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

10. What happens to the reed when it is cut, according to the writings of Rumi?

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