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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 end, what does the character Ayaz do in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3?
(a) Hides in fear.
(b) Obeys the King.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Refuses to obey the King.

2. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, about a king who loves a girl, what does the doctor say is afflicting her?
(a) She's confused by the king's behavior around her.
(b) She's in love with another man.
(c) She wants to go home to her husband.
(d) She misses her parents.

3. Before responding to the king's command in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does Ayaz do?
(a) Notices how at least thirty other men respond to the command.
(b) Reads at least forty books to learn how others handled the situation.
(c) Consults with the King's daughter.
(d) Prays to God for guidance.

4. Much of Rumi's poetry is:
(a) Subdued.
(b) Cryptic.
(c) Sarcastic.
(d) Passionate.

5. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about the lame goat teaches readers how to be good:
(a) Leaders.
(b) Parents.
(c) Followers.
(d) Spouses.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi asserts that the union between a man and a woman has what associated with it?

2. 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:

3. In one of the poems in Chapter 2, Book 2, what gift does a prisoner receive?

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

5. At times the character Hallaj can be tender and loving, but other times he can be what?

(see the answer key)

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