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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. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.
(a) Window.
(b) Ledge.
(c) Roof.
(d) Stone.

2. The poet speaks of happiness for an unknown reason, and it becomes easy to ______, though the joy is inexplicable.
(a) Smile.
(b) Cry.
(c) Surrender.
(d) Laugh.

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

4. What season does Rumi say it always is within the human soul, according to his writing?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Winter.
(c) Spring.
(d) Summer.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. A _______ asks a man who is calling to Allah whether he has ever gotten a reply and then chastises the person for continuing to pray.

2. __________ is the character Rumi describes as a metalworker, making new shapes out of locks and chains.

3. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.

4. Rumi also believes that a reader should _________, even if they don't mean it at first.

5. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What does Barks suggest is the identity of the 'you' in Rumi's poem, as it is not clear who this person is?

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

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

9. What does the teacher say about speaking scripture, according to the writings of Rumi?

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

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