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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Have Opened You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Hatchet.
(b) Spear.
(c) Sword.
(d) Knife.

2. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.
(a) Qalandars.
(b) Qualudes.
(c) Quandaries.
(d) Qalans.

3. There is beauty in every meeting or gathering, the presence of _________, of 'the Friend' in one of Rumi's poems.
(a) Students.
(b) Love.
(c) Grains.
(d) Masters.

4. Rumi points out that while others are laughing and dancing, there are few who will hear the ________ hidden within the notes.
(a) Treasures.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Chants.
(d) Beliefs.

5. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.
(a) Lessons.
(b) Madness.
(c) Calm.
(d) Order.

Short Answer Questions

1. Barks talks in his commentary about the mysterious "________" in the poem, though he defines it differently.

2. Barks points out the use of the word "_______" in one of the poems to be intended for the end of a vigil.

3. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.

4. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.

5. __________ is the character Rumi describes as a metalworker, making new shapes out of locks and chains.

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