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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Jalaluddin Rumi.
(c) Meher Baba.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

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

4. Hafiz uses the image of sunlight on a ______ to describe love in the poem "It Felt Love".
(a) Carnation.
(b) Rose.
(c) Tulip.
(d) Lily.

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

Short Answer 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".

2. Humanity is a fish on a _________ when it is separated from God, according to the final poem of the section by Hafiz.

3. Within his poetry, Hafiz tells the reader that he is speaking _______ truths mean to free people to celebrate and revel in the divine.

4. The poem "It Will Stretch Out Its Leg" compares poetry to a man ______ someone to make them stop and listen.

5. When God's lute begs for a _________ hands, that when this person is able to be useful to God, according to Hafiz.

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