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

2. Rumi notes that everywhere a reader goes, they will perceive others as they themselves are, just as a _________ will ignore the amazing city of Baghdad.
(a) Child.
(b) Ant.
(c) Cow.
(d) Fly.

3. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.
(a) Piece of cheese.
(b) Prayer.
(c) Song.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.

4. 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) She.
(c) You.
(d) That.

5. Rumi asks the reader to accept _________, as everything comes from a higher place, according to his writing.
(a) Troubles.
(b) Injuries.
(c) Lessons.
(d) People.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

2. The poet has to ask Shams and _________ to help him, since he is partly within himself and partly outside of himself.

3. The poet says the he would die into _______, as clouds might disappear into the sun, according to his writings.

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

5. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Rumi think that cow might experience when they are in Baghdad?

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

5. What happened as a result of Zuleikha loving Joseph so much that he became everything to her?

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

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

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

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

10. What happens as the result of surrendering to love, according to the writings of Rumi?

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