The Illuminated Rumi Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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The Illuminated Rumi Test | Mid-Book Test - Easy

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Rumi asserts in his poems that "the miracle of ______ is himself, not what he said or did about the future."
(a) Gandhi.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Jesus.
(d) Buddha.

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

3. Rumi challenges us to "work in the ______ world as hard as we do in the visible" and to "be a companion with the prophets."
(a) Spiritual world.
(b) Infinite.
(c) Invisible.
(d) Loving.

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

5. The destination may be unclear for __________ understanding, according to Rumi, but one should walk anyway.
(a) Childlike.
(b) Animal.
(c) Better.
(d) Human.

6. The journey is a practice of ____________, rather than studying or learning with logic from the mind.
(a) Experiencing.
(b) Jumping.
(c) Practicing.
(d) Falling.

7. Not doing the work God sent you to do is like "pounding a _____ of the finest tempering to hang things on."
(a) Knife.
(b) Spear.
(c) Sword.
(d) Nail.

8. Rumi realizes that in all of his searching, he has actually been waiting to be _________ as opposed to brought inside.
(a) Destroyed.
(b) Believed.
(c) Let out.
(d) Devoured.

9. ______ was killed on December 5, 1247, after being exiled and returning on several different occasions.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Shiraz.
(c) Moses.
(d) Shams.

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

11. In one of the poems, ______ cuts open a fish and discovers a gold ring. Omar storms in to kill the prophet.
(a) Solomon.
(b) Jesus.
(c) Shams.
(d) Tabriz.

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

13. Rumi's students saw ______ as a madman and he was eventually forced out of the area.
(a) Bestami.
(b) Muhammad.
(c) Balkh.
(d) Shams.

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

15. Those who do not wake to the truth, according to Rumi, are those who do not embrace the beauty of __________.
(a) God.
(b) Nature.
(c) Light.
(d) Lessons.

Short Answer Questions

1. 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.

2. According to the book, Rumi lived by the idea that _______ is the religion instead of being tied to a particular paradigm.

3. "Sufis adore the darkness of the deep night, like the blackness of the ______ cloth, when conversation with the divine is easiest."

4. Rumi states "This _____ began in some other tavern. When I get back around to that place I will be completely sober."

5. Rumi notes that the miracle of Jesus is ______, not what he did or said about the future, according to the poems.

(see the answer keys)

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