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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. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.
(a) Joyful.
(b) Crying.
(c) Angry.
(d) Mysterious.

2. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.
(a) Let out.
(b) Devoured.
(c) Destroyed.
(d) Believed.

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

4. Rumi was able to take all the usual existential issues that human beings face on a daily basis and change them to ______.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Light.
(d) Pictures.

5. Every day, Rumi says, people wake up with _________, but they need to continue to walk their spiritual path.
(a) Joy.
(b) Rapture.
(c) Disbelief.
(d) Fear.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.

2. Rumi describes paying attention to the breath and letting go of the _______ with outward breaths.

3. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.

4. Not doing the work God sent you for is the equivalent of "using a _____ bowl to cook turnips in.

5. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.

Short Essay Questions

1. What does Rumi say has happened since he has been knocking on a door?

2. How does breathing help to calm a person, according to Barks' thoughts at the beginning of the section?

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

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

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

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

7. What is the question Shams asks Rumi, which leads Rumi to believe that Shams is a great person?

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

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

10. After the narrator says they are no religion or culture, not east or west, what does the narrator say they do belong to?

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