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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "_____Hear Watchdogs" Hafiz describes the idea that true believers don't feel they have to trick God into blessing them.
(a) Lovers.
(b) Theives.
(c) Poets.
(d) B urglars.

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

3. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.
(a) Soul.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mind.

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

5. Hafiz describes the unity of God and his worshipers in the poem "Laughing at the word _______."
(a) Many.
(b) One.
(c) Three.
(d) Two.

Short Answer Questions

1. The relationship between teacher and ______ is so intimate that it feels like a marriage is the subject of the poem "I Want Both of Us".

2. Hafiz refers to the process of growing in love and knowledge by making oneself a student of a master in these things "The _____ Work".

3. In the poem "What the Hell" Hafiz is unable to contain his ecstatic love and decorates a girl's house with _____.

4. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.

5. Hafiz deals with the issue of men listening to their worst selves in the poem "______ Deals".

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