The Gift: Poems by the Great Sufi Master Quiz Questions | Quiz: Preface and Introduction

Quiz: Preface and Introduction

This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

Directions: Circle the correct answer.

1. Hafiz wrote his poems in the ______ century. However, dignitaries throughout the ages since, including the Queen of England consulted his works.
a) Fourteenth.
b) Sixteenth.
c) Fifteenth.
d) Thirteenth.

2. The opening essay gives the approximate dates during which Hafiz lived and states that he was a contemporary of _______.
a) William Shakespeare.
b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
c) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
d) Henry S. Mindlin.

3. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.
a) Meher Baba.
b) Henry S. Mindlin.
c) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

4. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature...
(read more)