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Question

Coleman Barks’ rendering of this poet’s line “out beyond ideas of right and wrong, there is a field” removes its religious connotation. For 10 points each:

[10h] Name this poet who wrote of an instrument that’s “played with fire, not with wind” in “The Song of the Reed Flute.”

ANSWER: Rumi [or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Rumi; or Jalal ad-Din Mohammad Balkhi; accept Mowlana or Mevlana or Mevlevi]

[10e] Coleman Barks popularized Rumi in the West through “interpretations” of his Masnavi, a Sufi-inspired collection of these rhyming two-line stanzas.

ANSWER: couplets [accept Spiritual Couplets]

[10m] In Barks’ version of the Masnavi, a parable about one of these animals in the dark loses a seafoam metaphor and is framed as being shown by Hindus. A George Orwell essay recounts his experience shooting one of these animals.

ANSWER: elephants [accept “Shooting an Elephant”]

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Eastern Canada (1)	Main	Y	4	10.00	25%	50%	25%
Eastern Canada (2)	Main	Y	10	15.00	60%	70%	20%
Florida	Main	Y	4	12.50	75%	50%	0%
Great Lakes	Main	Y	10	16.00	70%	90%	0%
Lower Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	89%	78%	11%
Upper Mid-Atlantic	Main	Y	9	17.78	78%	89%	11%
Midwest	Main	Y	9	17.78	78%	89%	11%
North	Main	Y	4	17.50	100%	75%	0%
Northeast	Main	Y	11	20.00	91%	91%	18%
South Central	Main	Y	6	18.33	83%	100%	0%
Southeast	Main	Y	12	14.17	75%	50%	17%
UK (North)	UK	Y	5	10.00	80%	20%	0%
UK (South)	UK	Y	8	16.25	88%	75%	0%
Upstate NY	Main	Y	5	20.00	100%	80%	20%

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Durham B	Edinburgh A	10	0	10
Durham D	Edinburgh C	10	0	10
York	Sheffield B	10	10	20
Durham C	Edinburgh D	0	0	0
Durham A	Edinburgh B	10	0	10