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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. Many of Rumi's poems reveal that life is not two-dimensional; on the contrary, it is very:
(a) Flat.
(b) Unfair.
(c) Boring.
(d) Complex.

2. 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?
(a) He falls in love with her.
(b) One of his men attacks him.
(c) He regrets his actions.
(d) The woman attacks him.

3. How did others regard Shams?
(a) They were jealous of the friendship between Shams and Rumi.
(b) They felt he would make a benevolent ruler.
(c) They felt they could not completely trust him.
(d) They were concerned by the rivalry between Shams and Rumi.

4. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, how does the sick girl who has an "emotional thorn" and who is loved by a king get better?
(a) She is accepted by the man she loves.
(b) She is healed by a questionable sorcerer.
(c) She is cured by costly medicines.
(d) She is happy to be reunited with her family.

5. What happened after Shams disappeared a second time?
(a) He fell off a cliff.
(b) He married and had five children.
(c) He went to work for another school.
(d) He never came back.

Short Answer Questions

1. How did Rumi's father teach him?

2. How many additional poems were translated and included in the New Expanded Edition?

3. In some of his poems, Rumi refers to religious figures:

4. In the poem "Meadowsounds," Rumi devotes two lines to:

5. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?

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