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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 1, Islam & Christianity in the Middle East.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens when the Caliph meets a beautiful, mysterious woman from the city his men have invaded, in a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2?
(a) He regrets his actions.
(b) One of his men attacks him.
(c) The woman attacks him.
(d) He falls in love with her.

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

4. The purpose of Coleman Barks' preambles to Rumi's poems is to:
(a) Get the reader to come up with his or her own judgments.
(b) Help the reader interpret each poem.
(c) Expand upon Barks' discomfort with each.
(d) Add a new twist to the message of each poem.

5. What post did Rumi inherit?
(a) Treasurer.
(b) Sheik.
(c) King.
(d) Scribe.

Short Answer Questions

1. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?

2. Many of Rumi's poems reveal that life is not two-dimensional; on the contrary, it is very:

3. What was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?

4. When King Solomon woos a queen in Book 2, Chapter 1, he asks that she do what?

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

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