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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. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.
(a) Know the truth.
(b) Fall into a hole.
(c) Separate.
(d) Fight with each other.

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

3. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.
(a) Jail.
(b) Thought.
(c) Room.
(d) Tree.

4. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'
(a) Pray.
(b) Eat.
(c) Walk along the street.
(d) Read.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the madman that wields a knife, the thing which is a nihilist that embraces destruction?

2. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"

3. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.

4. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.

5. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.

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