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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 is said to have devoted himself to a ______ day vigil at the tomb of a saint said to be able to grant the deepest desires of anyone.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Sixty.

2. "Spiced __________" describes the kind of sustenance that Hafiz offers in his poetry.
(a) Manna.
(b) Wine.
(c) Bread.
(d) Rum.

3. The beauty of _________ makes believers expect to hear the voice of God in "Reaching Toward the Millet Fields."
(a) Creation.
(b) Sunshine.
(c) Wine.
(d) God.

4. _________ is the word for remembrance in which humanity best meditates on the qualities of God.
(a) Zak.
(b) Zada.
(c) Sakr.
(d) Zikr.

5. The poem "A ____ in Each Act and Creature" describes the life-giving and earth-beautifying of the sun as an expression of divine affection.
(a) Root.
(b) Keystone.
(c) Chord.
(d) Branch.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.

2. In "The ________ Girl," Hafiz realizes he needs to leave his own sense of self behind when he is approaching God.

3. "Between Our Poles" is a poem which compares humanity's ability to display the characteristics of God to the _____________.

4. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.

5. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".

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