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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The poet asks a reader to imagine returning to the place from whence they came and imagine being greeted with _________.
(a) Song.
(b) Honor.
(c) Dance.
(d) Wine.

3. The poets asks for a __________ to climb into the Friend, and the response is that this item is in the person's head.
(a) Stairs.
(b) Swing.
(c) Ladder.
(d) Rope.

4. Shams points out that what everyone is actually worshiping is ___________, rather than a higher being.
(a) An idea.
(b) Nature.
(c) A song.
(d) Each other.

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

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

7. The __________ inside of its cocoon is the metaphor which Rumi uses in order to discuss a man's journey into himself.
(a) Silkworm.
(b) Butterfly.
(c) Snake.
(d) Caterpillar.

8. Rumi asks the reader to make a __________, abhorring spiritual windowshoppers who are not giving fully of themselves.
(a) Blood oath.
(b) Commitment.
(c) Prayer.
(d) Book.

9. A _______ asks a man who is calling to Allah whether he has ever gotten a reply and then chastises the person for continuing to pray.
(a) Demon.
(b) Devil.
(c) Cynic.
(d) Book.

10. _________ are the wandering Sufis who laugh and love at everything, but they are in turmoil inside.
(a) Qalans.
(b) Quandaries.
(c) Qalandars.
(d) Qualudes.

11. Rumi uses the metaphor of tilling the soil to plant trees and roses for the way that one breaks up the __________.
(a) Lessons one is taught.
(b) Truth.
(c) Soul.
(d) Love in one's life.

12. The poet asks the reader what caused a __________ to open and to consume them within their lives.
(a) Darkness.
(b) Hole.
(c) Candle.
(d) Smoke.

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

14. There is beauty in every meeting or gathering, the presence of _________, of 'the Friend' in one of Rumi's poems.
(a) Masters.
(b) Love.
(c) Students.
(d) Grains.

15. The poet says the he would die into _______, as clouds might disappear into the sun, according to his writings.
(a) The moon.
(b) Bliss.
(c) Love.
(d) Shams.

Short Answer Questions

1. __________ makes Rumi fierce and tender, according to his own admission in one of his poems.

2. Rumi speaks of the surrendering to __________ which brings light to all one's flaws, within one of his poems.

3. What is the game that Rumi and Shams played, according to Barks, which brought them closer together?

4. Rumi asks the reader to accept _________, as everything comes from a higher place, according to his writing.

5. In a dream, according to Rumi, an _____________ in a garden of love reached out to call him forward.

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