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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through We Have Opened You.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi says that he does not regret love or passion, but owners everyone's __________, according to the writing.
(a) Questions.
(b) Paths.
(c) Flaws.
(d) Lessons.

2. Shams comes down from the ___________, the poet says, and the readers will become the doorkeepers.
(a) Ledge.
(b) Roof.
(c) Stone.
(d) Window.

3. Rumi encourages the reader to be the __________ nearest the thorn that he is, according to his writing.
(a) Bush.
(b) Ivy.
(c) Rose.
(d) Holly.

4. Fullness _______ the soul, while emptiness frees it, according to the writing of Rumi in the poem.
(a) Fills.
(b) Oppresses.
(c) Engages.
(d) Depletes.

5. Rumi describes a field, beyond right and wrong, where the ________ goes and loses ideas and language.
(a) Heart.
(b) Hand.
(c) Soul.
(d) Mind.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is essential, according to Rumi, to know of the __________, which may sometimes be open and sometimes closed.

2. The robe of the teacher creates _________, according to Rumi, and the teacher also creates new life.

3. Rumi's poetry can be thought of as a conversation with _______, a discussion of what it is to be together in God.

4. Rumi states that "the human shape is a _______ made of distraction and pain, trying to open the image of itself."

5. Sufis are loved the world over for reminding us that the glory is our ______ reality and the opposite is a kind of language for expressing it.

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