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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Conclusion, Into the Soup.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet describes himself as being someone who wants little and who needs only a _____________.
(a) Song.
(b) Piece of cheese.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Half a loaf of bread.

2. Rumi was able to take all the usual existential issues that human beings face on a daily basis and change them to ______.
(a) Light.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Lessons.

3. The _____________ who are there in the orchard do not matter, according to Rumi, along with the light and the wine.
(a) Teachers.
(b) Birds.
(c) Students.
(d) Sweethearts.

4. The poet says that he is a letter to everyone around him, a letter which says, "_______" according to the poet.
(a) Pray.
(b) Love.
(c) Honor.
(d) Live.

5. Rumi notes that everywhere a reader goes, they will perceive others as they themselves are, just as a _________ will ignore the amazing city of Baghdad.
(a) Child.
(b) Fly.
(c) Ant.
(d) Cow.

Short Answer Questions

1. The _________ represents the imagination where the spiritual journey takes place, according to Rumi.

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

3. The poet speaks of happiness for an unknown reason, and it becomes easy to ______, though the joy is inexplicable.

4. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.

5. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.

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