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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Come to the Orchard.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The Egyptian woman that is in love with Joseph is known as _______, clings to his shirt and tears it from his back.
(a) Zulu.
(b) Isis.
(c) Nefertiti.
(d) Zuleikha.

3. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.
(a) Priest.
(b) Barber.
(c) Spouse.
(d) Peasant.

4. Rumi suggests "My _____ is from elsewhere. Whoever brought me here will have to take me home."
(a) Body.
(b) Mind.
(c) Soul.
(d) Spirit.

5. Love is more than an old study of _________, according to the writing of Rumi in this section.
(a) Art.
(b) Honor.
(c) Religion.
(d) Sculpture.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi challenges us to "work in the ______ world as hard as we do in the visible" and to "be a companion with the prophets."

2. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.

3. Rumi urges the reader to let go of the _____, the covering clothes, and to be naked in the world, according to his writing.

4. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.

5. Rumi instructs us to "consider what the prophets have done. ______ wore fire for an anklet, Moses spoke to the sea."

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