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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the second love story in Chapter 2, Book 2, the three sons end up affected by their reactions to what?
(a) What is forbidden to them.
(b) What turns out to be nothing but a rumor.
(c) Limits imposed on them by their employer.
(d) The unexpected death of the woman all three love.

2. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?
(a) Illusions.
(b) Strength and power.
(c) Self-control.
(d) Release from shame.

3. What is the Mathnawi?
(a) Supreme counselor Rumi and other poets of his era turned to for guidance.
(b) A code of conduct expected of scholars who studied directly under Rumi.
(c) The law of the land followed by Rumi and his contemporaries.
(d) Six volumes of poetry Rumi wrote when Husam Chelebi was his scribe.

4. Through many of his poems, Rumi reveals the depth and diversity of different types of:
(a) Love.
(b) Anguish.
(c) Obsession.
(d) Treason.

5. A recurring theme prominent in Book 2, Chapter 2, is what?
(a) Anger.
(b) Celebration.
(c) Abuse.
(d) Jealousy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poems where Rumi includes a frog as one of the main characters, there is a deep friendship that develops between this frog and a:

2. After the girl whom the king loves gets better in one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what does the doctor do?

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?

4. Before responding to the king's command in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does Ayaz do?

5. During his lifetime, Rumi was revered for his attitude of religious tolerance and:

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