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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Book 2, Solomon Poems : Chapter 3, New Section.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?
(a) Formal repeating pattern.
(b) Strict syllable counts.
(c) Light free verse.
(d) Rhyming verse.

2. When King Solomon woos a queen in Book 2, Chapter 1, he asks that she do what?
(a) Give up her worldly possessions.
(b) Prove her love for him.
(c) Leave her children behind.
(d) Learn how to cook.

3. In "Town and Country," when the shopkeeper visits his friend in the country, what does the countryside man do?
(a) Tells him to go back home.
(b) Denies knowing him upon failing to recognize him.
(c) Prepares him a feast that is too lavish and rich.
(d) Demands money from him.

4. In the folklore, Coleman Barks presents to introduce the poems of Chapter 2, Book 2, he writes about three men who teach others by:
(a) Swimming with sharks.
(b) Running through fields of sharp rocks.
(c) Living in a cave.
(d) Laughing in the marketplace.

5. 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?
(a) Back to the captain.
(b) Back to her family.
(c) To a monastery.
(d) To another city.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, where several men fall in love with the same woman, her physical beauty is really a representation of what?

2. According to the book, in what state does Coleman Barks live today?

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

4. Rumi lived during a time when brotherhood was expected between:

5. Which prominent individual favors Ayaz in Book 2, Chapter 3?

(see the answer key)

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