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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Rise Up Nimbly and Go on Your Strange Journey.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Feet.
(b) Forehead.
(c) Chest.
(d) Stomach.

2. The _____ in which Joseph sits in darkness at the bottom of is recognized as a visionary place.
(a) Cellar.
(b) House.
(c) Cave.
(d) Well.

3. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."
(a) Worm.
(b) Bird.
(c) Snake.
(d) Ferret.

4. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.
(a) Prayer.
(b) Thought.
(c) Love.
(d) Abstinence.

5. _______ was sold by his brothers into slavery in Egypt , gradually came to power there, and made a complicated trade route.
(a) Joseph.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Esau.
(d) Jacob.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.

2. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."

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

4. Rumi gives a definition for what we are, "You are the strange business. You have the energy of the ______ in you."

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

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