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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. What does the least intelligent fish do in the tale of three fish in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Offends the other fish.
(b) Stares at the insects.
(c) Jumps up and down.
(d) Insults the crocodile.

2. According to a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, what happens when you put pond water into a larger body of water?
(a) The pond mourns its loss.
(b) The water molecules are still separate.
(c) The original water disappears.
(d) The larger body of water is enriched.

3. In Rumi's string metaphor, the string connects two animals by their what?
(a) Ears.
(b) Wrists.
(c) Necks.
(d) Ankles.

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

5. What happens to King Solomon's crown in one of the poems in Book 2, Chapter 1?
(a) Is carried away by four birds.
(b) Drops into the ocean.
(c) Is stolen by four thieves.
(d) Keeps sliding down his forehead.

Short Answer Questions

1. In a poem in Chapter 2, Book 2, what does the king discover about himself after the girl he loves receives medical attention?

2. In the story of three fish that possess some measure of intelligence, found in Book 2, Chapter 1, who do the fish face?

3. According to Rumi, when the individual ego disappears and dissipates into God, this can be understood as what?

4. 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?

5. Why did Rumi's family flee the place of his birth?

(see the answer key)

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