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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 1, Introduction & The Tavern through to Feeling Separation.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What post did Rumi inherit?
(a) Scribe.
(b) Treasurer.
(c) King.
(d) Sheik.

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

3. 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.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the book, Coleman Barks is the author of what?

2. When was Rumi born?

3. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?

4. After reading Rumi's poems, Coleman Barks feels he has been:

5. For Coleman Barks, part of the experience of grasping Rumi's poems is what?

(see the answer key)

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