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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through There Is a Breathing.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi suggests that human beings are like "some weird kind of ______ that wants to stay melted in the furnace."
(a) Iron.
(b) Silver.
(c) Lead.
(d) Gold.

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

3. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.
(a) Light.
(b) God.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Nature.

4. Rumi sent his son _______ to bring back his exiled companion. He was found playing cards with the future St. Francis of Assisi.
(a) Sultan Balkh.
(b) Solomon.
(c) Moses.
(d) Sultan Veled.

5. Anger is the main topic that Rumi explores in the poem entitled "A ______ Sky Hates the Moon."
(a) Yellow.
(b) Blue.
(c) Red.
(d) Black.

Short Answer Questions

1. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.

2. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."

3. Rumi describes a ______ that wakes up one day to discover that he is "the entire vineyard, and the orchard too."

4. From talking to a ______ to eating cabbage broth, Rumi says that the tasks of everyday life bring a person into a spiritual realm.

5. Rumi relishes things like walking, meditation, and fasting as they help to bring a person into ____________.

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