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

2. What elevates Rumi's poems beyond a simple collection of ideas?
(a) His references to other cultures.
(b) Rich imagery.
(c) Confounding words.
(d) His use of diagrams.

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

4. When Coleman Barks first started reading Rumi's works, what types of words turned him away?
(a) Heart and soul.
(b) Shame and guilt.
(c) Love and hate.
(d) Life and death.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?

2. According to a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, what happens when you put pond water into a larger body of water?

3. When the man in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 accidentally soils himself, what does his host and friend do?

4. The poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 about a man who accidentally soils himself includes lessons on which of the following?

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

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