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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. Rumi uses the metaphor of tilling the soil to plant trees and roses for the way that one breaks up the __________.
(a) Love in one's life.
(b) Lessons one is taught.
(c) Soul.
(d) Truth.

2. Rumi says to give up wanting what others hand and says that the day is a __________ day, according to his writing.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Self aware.
(c) Joyous.
(d) Sad.

3. Who is the madman that wields a knife, the thing which is a nihilist that embraces destruction?
(a) Love.
(b) Trust.
(c) Pity.
(d) Truth.

4. The poet has to ask Shams and _________ to help him, since he is partly within himself and partly outside of himself.
(a) Peasant.
(b) Sun.
(c) Moon.
(d) Books.

5. When the poet talks about tearing down the ___________, he is talking about tearing down the self.
(a) Books.
(b) Wall.
(c) Rocks.
(d) House.

Short Answer Questions

1. The spiritual journey discussed by Shams and Rumi is one in which one needs to break down the self to find the basic roots of _________ in humanity.

2. What season does Rumi say it always is within the human soul, according to his writing?

3. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?

4. The __________ is the reason for the praying, according to Allah, as Rumi recollects in one of his poems.

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Rumi have to say about the gamble of love and what does he urge the reader to do?

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

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

9. Why does the poet say that it is not necessary to grieve, 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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