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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. Rumi also believes that a reader should _________, even if they don't mean it at first.
(a) Pray.
(b) Talk.
(c) Discuss.
(d) Sing.

2. Though the _________ tries to think and read to find his lover again, there is no help in it, he realizes.
(a) Flower.
(b) Mountain.
(c) Poet.
(d) Book.

3. Rumi says to give up wanting what others hand and says that the day is a __________ day, according to his writing.
(a) Truthful.
(b) Sad.
(c) Self aware.
(d) Joyous.

4. Rumi describes love as many things which come to his heart, like a thousand ____________ in one grain.
(a) Ideas.
(b) Truths.
(c) Pieces.
(d) Wheat plants.

5. What is NOT one of the ways in which Rumi writes, according to Barks in his commentary piece?
(a) For no one.
(b) For glory.
(c) For himself.
(d) For others.

Short Answer Questions

1. Anyone or anything that is loved reflects the lover's ____________, according to Barks in relation to the Sufis.

2. 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.

3. Barks compares humans talking about God to fish talking about the _________, in his commentary.

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

5. The poet says the reader is what every religion intends, urging _______ from love and from weeping.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Rumi tell the reader to do in order to start their own spiritual journey, like Moses or Joseph did?

4. How does Rumi describe the idea of love in the last section of these poems?

5. What happens as the result of the spiritual journey that Shams and Rumi discuss?

6. What does Barks ask a reader to do in relation to being in a state of spirituality?

7. What does the teacher say about speaking scripture, according to the writings of Rumi?

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

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

10. What happens during the chess game between Shams and Rumi, according to Barks?

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