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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.
(a) Camels.
(b) Dumb Animals.
(c) Footprints.
(d) Water Buffalo.

2. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Francis of Assisi.
(b) Ramakrishna.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Rumi.

3. Haifz uses his crush on a girl to symbolize his affection for God in the poem, "What the ______".
(a) Body wants.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Soul wants.
(d) Hell.

4. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".
(a) Heaven.
(b) Hell.
(c) The desert.
(d) The woods.

5. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Cat.
(b) Pig.
(c) Bird.
(d) Fish.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"

2. According to the Islamic fundamentalist leaders, it was ______ to claim intimacy with the divine.

3. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.

4. In "The Seed Cracked Open", Hafiz describes the finding of the relationship with God to an opened ______.

5. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.

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