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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. When was Rumi born?
(a) November 26, 1119.
(b) December 15, 1461.
(c) September 30, 1207.
(d) October 20, 1390.

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

3. Relative to Rumi, who was Shams Tabriz?
(a) Companion.
(b) Employer.
(c) Brother.
(d) Cousin.

4. In the poems about an unlikely friendship between two different animals, one of them being a frog, these two animals have very different what?
(a) Life spans.
(b) Environmental needs.
(c) Names.
(d) Sizes.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What elevates Rumi's poems beyond a simple collection of ideas?

2. Many of Rumi's poems are so personal that they help readers reconnect to what?

3. After Shams went away the first time, how did he return?

4. Who is Coleman Barks?

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

(see the answer key)

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