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

2. 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) Chants.
(c) Presents.
(d) Words.

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

4. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Wheat plants.
(c) Pieces.
(d) Truths.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi speaks in the poem mentioned in #157 about a _________ bringing him back to this lost connection.

2. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.

3. The poem at the start of this section describes the idea that human beings visit space through breaking one's ________ down.

4. The poet speaks of happiness for an unknown reason, and it becomes easy to ______, though the joy is inexplicable.

5. "Come Back, My Friend" is a poem about the many times that Rumi has lost connection with his ___________.

Short Essay Questions

1. What are the differences that Rumi says do not exist in the garden of mystic lovers?

2. How does Rumi describe the person named David in his writings and poems?

3. What are the three ways in which Rumi could write, according to Shams?

4. What does Barks ask a reader to do in relation to being in a state of spirituality?

5. What does Barks say that openings are a place for, according to his commentary in this section?

6. What did the poet's teacher teach him to do, according to the writings of Rumi?

7. What happens during the chess game between Shams and Rumi, according to Barks?

8. What does Rumi say that he doesn't regret in his life, according to one of his poems?

9. What are some of the things Rumi says are a part of a friend of all things?

10. What does Rumi try to do in order to find his lover again, according to the writings of Rumi?

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