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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. Rumi's short-story poems range from less than fifty lines to approximately what length?
(a) Ten thousand lines.
(b) Two thousand lines.
(c) A hundred twenty lines.
(d) Two hundred lines.

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

3. At times the character Hallaj can be tender and loving, but other times he can be what?
(a) Insecure.
(b) Clumsy.
(c) Whiny.
(d) Abusive.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3 about Ayaz the courtier, what command does the king give?

2. "Cry Out In Your Weakness" is a poem about:

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. The poem "On Being A Lover" is written in what format?

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