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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Then, according to Rumi, the student felt love and became the __________ cast by the light of the teacher.
(a) Shadow.
(b) Peace.
(c) Truth.
(d) Witness.

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

3. When asked how long he would remain in pain, Rumi answered that he was a _________ and his friend was the whole night.
(a) Candle.
(b) Student.
(c) Moonbeam.
(d) Star.

4. Barks talks in his commentary about the mysterious "________" in the poem, though he defines it differently.
(a) Book.
(b) Bird.
(c) You.
(d) Color.

5. "Come Back, My Friend" is a poem about the many times that Rumi has lost connection with his ___________.
(a) Home.
(b) Loved one.
(c) Purpose.
(d) Studies.

Short Answer Questions

1. The robe of the teacher creates _________, according to Rumi, and the teacher also creates new life.

2. __________ in the presence, at the price of one's life, is a bargain, according to one of the poems of Rumi.

3. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.

4. There is beauty in every meeting or gathering, the presence of _________, of 'the Friend' in one of Rumi's poems.

5. Lovers have to ________________, but they will find something of infinite value, according to the writing of Rumi.

Short Essay Questions

1. When Shams asks about if the drop stays still in the ocean, what does he tell Rumi to do?

2. What does Rumi think that cow might experience when they are in Baghdad?

3. What are the three ways in which Rumi could write, according to Shams?

4. What does Barks suggest is the identity of the 'you' in Rumi's poem, as it is not clear who this person is?

5. What happened as a result of Zuleikha loving Joseph so much that he became everything to her?

6. What are some of the things Rumi says are a part of a friend of all things?

7. Why does the poet ask Shams and the Sun to help him in his poems, according to the writings of Rumi?

8. What happens as the result of surrendering to love, according to the writings of Rumi?

9. What happened to his crying when the poet was brought to life, according to the writings of Rumi?

10. What do the Sufis think about love and about its ability to help people, according to the book?

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