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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "What the Hell" Hafiz is unable to contain his ecstatic love and decorates a girl's house with _____.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Birds.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Poems.

2. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.
(a) Hand.
(b) Heart.
(c) Mother.
(d) Brother.

3. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.
(a) Glass.
(b) Golden.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Gossamer.

4. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.
(a) Pigs.
(b) Rabbits.
(c) Deer.
(d) Birds.

5. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".
(a) Private.
(b) Outrageous.
(c) Drunken.
(d) Holy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.

2. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.

3. The poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.

4. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".

5. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.

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