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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. The ________ breath brings a presence, through the head to the heart, with a mantra, "God alone is real."
(a) Quiet.
(b) Truth.
(c) Outward.
(d) Inward.

2. In one poem, Rumi begins to describe two lovers who are ___________ and drinking water.
(a) Sleeping.
(b) Singing.
(c) Dancing.
(d) Walking.

3. ______ means the sun, and Rumi often referred to him in his poetry which he began writing after his friend's death.
(a) Moses.
(b) Shams.
(c) Shiraz.
(d) Solomon.

4. Rumi lived most of his life in ______ Turkey which at the time was a great meeting place for many different cultures.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Konya,
(c) Balkh.
(d) Bestami.

5. Rumi suggests not doing the work God sent you for is "like using a priceless Indian _____ to cut rotten meat."
(a) Hatchet.
(b) Spear.
(c) Knife.
(d) Sword.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.

3. Rumi notes there is nothing worse than going to ______ without another person, the vague 'you.'

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

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

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