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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. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.
(a) Peace.
(b) Spirituality.
(c) Truth.
(d) Goodness.

2. The poet compares himself to a __________, stripped of its petals and of its leaves, within one of the poems.
(a) Rose hip.
(b) Peony.
(c) Violet.
(d) Daisy.

3. What is NOT one of the ways in which Rumi writes, according to Barks in his commentary piece?
(a) For himself.
(b) For glory.
(c) For others.
(d) For no one.

4. The poet calls out for his _____'s return and to re-live their union during the course of one of his poems.
(a) Brother.
(b) Friend.
(c) Mother.
(d) Lover.

5. Bawa's teachings not only encouraged Barks, but they also encouraged Barks to bring Rumi to ____________.
(a) The publishing market.
(b) The West.
(c) The Christians.
(d) The temples.

Short Answer Questions

1. The ________ speaking scripture brings the dead students of scripture to life, according to Rumi.

2. The poet describes _________ appearing at the footsteps of his teacher, in one of his poems in this section.

3. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.

4. Barks points out that Shams believed that Rumi wrote in _________ ways when he wrote to teach others.

5. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does the poet ask Shams and the Sun to help him in his poems, according to the writings of Rumi?

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

3. What does Rumi tell the reader to do in order to start their own spiritual journey, like Moses or Joseph did?

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

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

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

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

8. What does the fragrance bring back to Rumi, when he's lost a connection to a loved one, according to the poem?

9. What happens as the result of the spiritual journey that Shams and Rumi discuss?

10. How does Rumi describe the idea of love in the last section of these poems?

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