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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 1, Islam & Christianity in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?
(a) Kaldar.
(b) Zari.
(c) Balkh.
(d) Chimtal.

2. How many additional poems were translated and included in the New Expanded Edition?
(a) 23.
(b) 92.
(c) 81.
(d) 58.

3. Who is Hallaj?
(a) Character in Rumi's poems.
(b) Scholar who studies Rumi.
(c) Rumi's teacher.
(d) Rumi's father.

4. What was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?
(a) He had no facial hair.
(b) He had visions.
(c) He was afraid of horses.
(d) He spoke seven languages.

5. 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:
(a) Bird.
(b) Fish.
(c) Mouse.
(d) Cat.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a poem in Book 2, Chapter 1, after a wise man feeds a poor man, what does he make the poor man do?

2. In addition to being a religious leader, Rumi was a what?

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

4. Rumi's short-story format found in some of his poems is characterized by:

5. What happens to King Solomon's crown in one of the poems in Book 2, Chapter 1?

(see the answer key)

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