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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.
Multiple Choice Questions
1. According to Rumi, people who choose from their own free will come from:
(a) Immorality.
(b) Love.
(c) Fear.
(d) Confusion.
2. In a poem in Book 1, Chapter 2, several men invade a city because they are driven by what?
(a) Greed and hate.
(b) Their egos.
(c) Sexual attraction.
(d) A mad dictator.
3. In some of his poems, Rumi refers to religious figures:
(a) Only that he knows personally.
(b) From fiction.
(c) Only from his faith.
(d) From different faiths.
4. The poem "On Being A Lover" is written in what format?
(a) Song of lament by a woman who has lost her lover.
(b) Question and answer session between a man and a woman.
(c) Recollection by an old man of his younger years.
(d) Diary entry of a man who has lost his lover.
5. What prominent themes are found in much of Rumi's work?
(a) Travel and loss.
(b) Marriage and divorce.
(c) Love and unity.
(d) Hate and separation.
Short Answer Questions
1. "Cry Out In Your Weakness" is a poem about:
2. Most of Rumi's poems presented in this book exhibit what form?
3. Much of the works in this book focus on what type of relationships?
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 was salient and peculiar about Rumi's father?
Short Essay Questions
1. Who were Rumi's three best friends, and how did he regard each?
2. Describe Husam Chelebi's role as scribe.
3. How would one describe the tavern poems?
4. How has Rumi's poetry impacted Coleman Barks?
5. What lessons are found within the poem "Cry Out In Your Weakness?"
6. In what ways does God appear in Rumi's poetry?
7. How is Coleman Barks associated with Rumi?
8. What is the poet's message about friendship in his writings about a frog and a mouse?
9. How does the role of gender come into play in many of Rumi's poems?
10. What are the underlying themes in Rumi's poem about sexual passion where a city is invaded and one of the invaders falls in love with a woman there?
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