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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".
(a) Sun.
(b) Earth.
(c) Moon.
(d) Planet.

2. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.
(a) Tartars.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Greeks.
(d) Romans.

3. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Konia.
(c) Shiraz.
(d) Uffizi.

4. In the poem "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.
(a) Dog's.
(b) Lion's.
(c) Cat's.
(d) Tiger's.

5. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".
(a) Bucket.
(b) Bowl.
(c) Chalice.
(d) Well.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poems "God Just Came Near", "The Sun Never Says", and "The Seed Cracked Open" use imagery from ______ to describe the connection to God.

2. Haifz uses his crush on a girl to symbolize his affection for God in the poem, "What the ______".

3. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.

4. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".

5. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.

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