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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through I Have Such a Teacher.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi's "story gets told in various ways" including all of the following except________. He recommends that others not get too close to him.
(a) A dirty joke.
(b) A romance.
(c) A war.
(d) A funeral.

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

3. _________, according to Rumi, will tend to accumulate while the real work is going on elsewhere.
(a) Trust.
(b) Truths.
(c) Coins.
(d) Connections.

4. Rumi asks the reader to welcome all __________ in one's life, even the ones which are negative.
(a) Emotions.
(b) Lessons.
(c) Animals.
(d) People.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi confesses to wanting to have his teacher's __________ in order that he might fly too.

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

3. Rumi believes humans have an inherent instinct to be on a ___________, just a a bird is driven to fly.

4. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

5. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.

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