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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 2, Beginning to the Turn.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 3, Rumi writes about a deer dying in the paws of a:
(a) Bear.
(b) Lion.
(c) Tiger.
(d) Wolf.

2. In the story of a camel and a mouse found in Book 1, Chapter 3, what does the camel do when the two reach a body of water?
(a) Takes a bath.
(b) Tosses the mouse into the water.
(c) Runs away.
(d) Encourages the mouse to continue.

3. As far as being a student, Husam Chelebi was:
(a) One of Rumi's best and perhaps the best.
(b) Average at best.
(c) Somewhat lazy.
(d) Somewhat rebellious.

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

5. Rumi expresses himself in a way that is what?
(a) Mentally challenging.
(b) Emotionally integrated.
(c) Repulsively simple.
(d) Spiritually vague.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi blends images from Christianity and Islam to:

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

3. In the poems where Rumi includes a frog as one of the main characters, there is a deep friendship that develops between this frog and a:

4. 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?

5. What happens to King Solomon's crown in one of the poems in Book 2, Chapter 1?

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