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

2. In one of the poems Rumi states, "We are charlatans... or maybe just a ______ hair brush in a painter's hand."
(a) Camel's.
(b) Dog's.
(c) Horse's.
(d) Goat's.

3. Rumi asks the reader to let their _______ move them, playing music instead of reading as they go along.
(a) Truth.
(b) Intuition.
(c) Friends.
(d) Soul.

4. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Sword.
(b) Nail.
(c) Spear.
(d) Knife.

5. When a man is approached by a person who wants to bring his reluctant cousin to a spiritual leader, what is used to convince the cousin?
(a) Prayers.
(b) A promise for truth.
(c) Fish soup.
(d) Money.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. "______ think they're looking for each other, but there's only one search: wandering the world."

3. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.

4. Rumi suggests that "sitting in hell at the bottom of the dark, we are afraid of our own ________."

5. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.

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