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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

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) Golden.
(d) Crystal.

2. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.
(a) Columnar.
(b) Vestibular.
(c) Vernacular.
(d) Oracular.

3. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.
(a) Egyptians.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Romans.
(d) Tartars.

4. In the poem, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.
(a) Effacement.
(b) Embarassment.
(c) Atonement.
(d) Allotment.

5. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".
(a) Eagle.
(b) Nightingale.
(c) Dove.
(d) Sparrow.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.

3. The poems "God Just Came Near", "The Sun Never Says", and "The Seed Cracked Open" use imagery from ______ to describe the connection to God.

4. Hafiz wrote his poems in the ______ century. However, dignitaries throughout the ages since, including the Queen of England consulted his works.

5. Chapter one's poem's are more _______ and use imagery from nature, music, dining, fishing, hunting, etc.

(see the answer key)

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