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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 1, The Tavern : Chapter 3, Union through Rough Metaphor.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Which readers might feel left out reading Rumi's poems?
(a) Young.
(b) Male.
(c) Female.
(d) Older.

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

3. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 involving a complicated love triangle consisting of a man and two women, Rumi explores what subjects?
(a) Lust and disgust.
(b) Reconciliation, division, and uncertainty.
(c) Humor and tragedy.
(d) Love, jealousy, and fear.

4. According to Rumi, people who choose from their own free will come from:
(a) Fear.
(b) Love.
(c) Immorality.
(d) Confusion.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?

2. What region in Afghanistan did Rumi come from?

3. In a poem entitled "Rough Metaphors," Rumi asserts that a lover's reverence is often sheltered in:

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

5. Rumi speaks of two distinct types of intelligence. One is cultivated from books and the other is what?

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