The Essential Rumi Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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The Essential Rumi Quiz | Eight Week Quiz B

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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. As the bond of friendship that Rumi writes about between a frog and its animal friend grows, the two animals find that their wish for each other's company:
(a) Is laughed at by others.
(b) Is discouraged by their own kind.
(c) Diminishes over time.
(d) Turns into a need.

2. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, about a man who wants a tattoo, what dilemma does he face?
(a) He has no money for one.
(b) Tattoos are considered evil.
(c) His wife disapproves of tattoos.
(d) He regrets his decision upon feeling the pain.

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

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

5. According to Rumi, when the individual ego disappears and dissipates into God, this can be understood as what?
(a) Cause for celebration.
(b) True.
(c) False.
(d) Cause for confusion.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the end, where does the Caliph of a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2 send the mysterious, beautiful woman from the city his men have invaded?

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

3. Coleman Barks is famous for what?

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

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

(see the answer key)

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