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

2. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.
(a) Truth.
(b) Longing.
(c) Kneeling.
(d) Beginning.

3. Barks talks about a teacher, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, who taught both himself and MIchael Green, the book's __________.
(a) Publisher.
(b) Typesetter.
(c) Editor.
(d) Illustrator.

4. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.
(a) Old man.
(b) Old child.
(c) Old woman.
(d) Old cook.

5. Rumi says that humans should explore the reality of ____________, the grittiness of the soul and not live in the ideal.
(a) Books.
(b) Churches.
(c) God.
(d) Humanity.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi says that he does not regret love or passion, but owners everyone's __________, according to the writing.

2. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.

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

4. Rumi stops his list of things which he uses to describe a friend within his poem in order to ______________.

5. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is essential in the windows of one heart to another, according to the writings of Rumi?

3. When Shams asks about if the drop stays still in the ocean, what does he tell Rumi to do?

4. Why does the poet say that it is not necessary to grieve, according to the writings of Rumi?

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

6. What do the Sufis think about love and about its ability to help people, according to the book?

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

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

9. What happened to his crying when the poet was brought to life, according to the writings of Rumi?

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

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