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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 slipped back into what ______ the Greek called the whole catastrophe as a living example of another possibility for life.
(a) Zorba.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Zappa.
(d) Manos.

2. Rumi met his companion Shams of _______ , described as a "street boddhisattva", in the marketplace.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Konya.
(d) Balkh.

3. Joseph gives his Egyptian shirt to his ______ to lay over the eyes of Jacob, whose vision is then restored.
(a) Mother.
(b) Sisters.
(c) Father.
(d) Brothers.

4. Rumi stops his list of things which he uses to describe a friend within his poem in order to ______________.
(a) Pray.
(b) Sing.
(c) Dance his dance.
(d) Keep a bird from flying away.

5. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.
(a) Know the truth.
(b) Fight with each other.
(c) Separate.
(d) Fall into a hole.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.

2. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.

3. Rumi refers to the field that develops between the formless source and form ______ a personified image.

4. In one poem, Rumi begins to describe two lovers who are ___________ and drinking water.

5. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."

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