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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "The Prophets" the people wonder "How long should we keep pounding this cold _____?"
(a) Silver.
(b) Gold.
(c) Lead.
(d) Iron.

2. Rumi suggests that people listen to his message with the ear that is in the center of the _______.
(a) Feet.
(b) Chest.
(c) Stomach.
(d) Forehead.

3. Every day, Rumi says, people wake up with _________, but they need to continue to walk their spiritual path.
(a) Rapture.
(b) Disbelief.
(c) Joy.
(d) Fear.

4. Rumi describes paying attention to the breath and letting go of the _______ with outward breaths.
(a) Self.
(b) Attachments.
(c) Fears.
(d) Love.

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

6. When Rumi died, he was mourned by members of all of the following religious groups except _______.
(a) Taoists.
(b) Muslims.
(c) Christians
(d) Jews.

7. The "___" is an illusion, according to Rumi, and this is why this part needs to be removed from the experience.
(a) I.
(b) Lesson.
(c) Truth.
(d) Correctedness.

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

9. 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.

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

11. The pull of love is something Rumi compares to a ________, urging the reader to realize learning is about more than just books.
(a) Reed.
(b) Lute.
(c) River.
(d) Bugle.

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

13. The poet notes that he is nothing, not from an origin story, not body or __________, according to the writing.
(a) Truth.
(b) Happiness.
(c) Soul.
(d) Endings.

14. Rumi doesn't want "wealth and position." He suggests that in this matter he is "______ resisting the most enormous magnet there is."
(a) Steel.
(b) Silver.
(c) Gold.
(d) Iron.

15. Rumi asks when seeing the birds flying in frenzied patterns whether the one he _______ is everywhere.
(a) Loves.
(b) Worships.
(c) Avoids.
(d) Believes.

Short Answer Questions

1. Rumi's mystical work was contained within the patterns of ______ Sufism but the life was witness to the boundless universality of the heart.

2. The story of Joseph focuses on the loss of his _____ of many colors that has false blood on it to convince people of his death.

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

4. Rumi describes the journey a person must make as drinking ______ like water and eating sunset, in his poems.

5. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.

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