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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When Rumi's teacher would wash his hands, the water would turn to ___________, according to Rumi.
(a) Gold.
(b) Ash.
(c) Light.
(d) Silver.

2. The __________ of the world around Rumi will become his clothes and his jewels, according to the teachings of Rumi's teacher.
(a) Elements.
(b) Secrets.
(c) Lessons.
(d) Clouds.

3. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.
(a) Sun.
(b) Sea.
(c) Air.
(d) Bible.

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

5. The poet has to ask Shams and _________ to help him, since he is partly within himself and partly outside of himself.
(a) Moon.
(b) Peasant.
(c) Books.
(d) Sun.

6. Rumi talks to the reader about the desired kiss as the _________ coming up into the lips of a person.
(a) Respect.
(b) Truth.
(c) Soul.
(d) Lesson.

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

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

9. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.
(a) Thinking.
(b) Singing.
(c) Kissing.
(d) Kneeling.

10. The spiritual journey discussed by Shams and Rumi is one in which one needs to break down the self to find the basic roots of _________ in humanity.
(a) Religion.
(b) Peacefulness.
(c) Honor.
(d) Witnessing.

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

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

13. What season does Rumi say it always is within the human soul, according to his writing?
(a) Autumn.
(b) Summer.
(c) Winter.
(d) Spring.

14. The robe of the teacher creates _________, according to Rumi, and the teacher also creates new life.
(a) Weather.
(b) Violence.
(c) Music.
(d) Peace.

15. Bawa's teachings not only encouraged Barks, but they also encouraged Barks to bring Rumi to ____________.
(a) The temples.
(b) The Christians.
(c) The West.
(d) The publishing market.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet asks the reader to give everything, not to dull the drum's noise with a __________.

2. __________ is the character Rumi describes as a metalworker, making new shapes out of locks and chains.

3. The poet states that ________ don't prepare us for the journey we all have to make, according to one of the poems.

4. The poet speaks of being locked in a _________ and of someone who brings him good and forgives him.

5. Barks talks about a teacher, Bawa Muhaiyaddeen, who taught both himself and MIchael Green, the book's __________.

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