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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz describes the ecstatic experience of his teacher's revelations of truth using the image of falling out of the windows in the poem "A _____ -Story House".
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

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

3. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz was the youngest child of the family having _____ older brothers.
(a) Four.
(b) Five.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

4. The poem "It Will Stretch Out Its Leg" compares poetry to a man ______ someone to make them stop and listen.
(a) Yelling at.
(b) Pushing.
(c) Tripping.
(d) Kicking.

5. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.
(a) Eye.
(b) Face.
(c) Hands.
(d) Soul.

Short Answer Questions

1. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.

2. The final poem of chapter ten is called "Too ______ " and describes the bliss of unity that Hafiz experiences.

3. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.

4. Hafiz uses a misled fish to symbolize people experiencing the confusion of life in "Trying to Wear _____"

5. Hafiz suggests that surrender is _____ in the poem "The Clay Bowl's Destiny" and is God's intent for life on earth.

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