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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Within his poetry, Hafiz tells the reader that he is speaking _______ truths mean to free people to celebrate and revel in the divine.
(a) Archaic.
(b) Selective.
(c) Moral.
(d) Universal.

2. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.
(a) Konia.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Uffizi.
(d) Shiraz.

3. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.
(a) 50-70.
(b) 500-700.
(c) 30-50.
(d) 300-500.

4. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.
(a) Zen.
(b) Sufi.
(c) Shiite.
(d) Zoroastrian.

5. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.
(a) Child.
(b) Church.
(c) House.
(d) Swing.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.

2. Hafiz explains that his purpose in writing is to put words to the longing of human hearts in the poem "I Hope You Won't _____ This Old Man".

3. Hafiz describes the pain of seeing a decrease in love or understanding in the world in the poem "The ____ is Right".

4. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.

5. Hafiz speaks to that moment one can sit in the pain of longing and listen intently to God in the poem "When you can _____".

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