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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come Back, My Friend.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet describes _________ appearing at the footsteps of his teacher, in one of his poems in this section.
(a) Puddles.
(b) Gold pieces.
(c) Books.
(d) Flowers.

2. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Buddha.
(d) Muhammad.

3. Bawa lived alone in a ________ before beginning to teach in Sri Lanka in the 1940s before moving to Philadelphia.
(a) Cave dwelling.
(b) Igloo.
(c) Jungle.
(d) Mountain.

4. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.
(a) Muhammad.
(b) St. Francis.
(c) Shams.
(d) Moses.

5. Rumi says that he does not regret love or passion, but owners everyone's __________, according to the writing.
(a) Paths.
(b) Flaws.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Questions.

Short Answer Questions

1. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.

2. Since the reed was cut from the bed, it has made a ___________ sound, according to the description by Rumi.

3. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."

4. Rumi was able to take all the usual existential issues that human beings face on a daily basis and change them to ______.

5. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.

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