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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. Over time, Coleman Barks' feelings about the messages in Rumi's poetry have what?
(a) Grown in confusion.
(b) Remained the same.
(c) Changed.
(d) Grown in contempt.

2. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?
(a) Family.
(b) Teacher and student.
(c) Same gender.
(d) Romantic.

3. How many years did it take Coleman Barks to truly comprehend Shams Tabriz through Rumi's poetry?
(a) 37.
(b) 6.
(c) 15.
(d) 28.

4. Who is Reynold Nicholson?
(a) Writer who wrote a complete biography about Rumi.
(b) Critic who disliked Rumi's work.
(c) Religious leader who quoted from Rumi's poems extensively.
(d) Scholar who attempted to translate some of Rumi's poems.

5. According to Rumi, people who choose from their own free will come from:
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Confusion.
(d) Immorality.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?

2. Many of Rumi's poems reveal that life is not two-dimensional; on the contrary, it is very:

3. In the story of three fish that possess some measure of intelligence, found in Book 2, Chapter 1, who do the fish face?

4. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?

5. What elevates Rumi's poems beyond a simple collection of ideas?

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