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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 2, Desire & New Silk.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?
(a) Their egos.
(b) Greed and hate.
(c) Sexual attraction.
(d) A mad dictator.

2. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?
(a) The land was struck by drought.
(b) The land was attacked by Turks.
(c) They feared the ruler of the region.
(d) They feared a Mongol invasion.

3. Which of the following best describes the word exoteric?
(a) Secret rituals.
(b) Incomprehensible words.
(c) Open teachings.
(d) Humorous sayings.

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

5. When was the New Expanded Edition of this book published?
(a) 1995.
(b) 1965.
(c) 2000.
(d) 1980.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did others regard Shams?

2. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?

3. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?

4. In many of Rumi's poems, not only in Book 1, Chapter 2, but throughout the whole book, his distinction between "me" and "you" is what?

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

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