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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Destructive.
(b) Divine.
(c) Constructive.
(d) Beautiful.

3. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.
(a) Second.
(b) Fourth.
(c) First.
(d) Third.

4. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Painting.
(c) Baking.
(d) Sculpting.

5. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.
(a) Animals.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Tempers.
(d) Egos.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz asks the reader to forgive this illusory life for its painfulness in the poem "Forgive the _____".

2. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.

3. The poem "Don't _____ Again" opens up the fifth chapter and encourages people to seek God throughout their life.

4. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.

5. The poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.

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