View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.
(a) Twin.
(b) Soul.
(c) Friend.
(d) Spider.

2. Hafiz deals with the issue of men listening to their worst selves in the poem "______ Deals".
(a) Forthright.
(b) Straight.
(c) Crooked.
(d) Many.

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

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

5. In the poem "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.
(a) Depressed.
(b) Solemn.
(c) Burned up.
(d) Silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "So Many _____" is used by Hafiz to represent all the blessings of God that go unclaimed.

2. Hafiz comments on the commonality of a life of worship between humans and animals in the poem "The _____ and I Will Chat".

3. Hafiz encourages people to bail from churches and cling to the lifeboats of poetry in the poem "The Great _____".

4. According to Hafiz, "The Intelligent Man" is the one who does not trust ___________ in his life.

5. "An Invisible Pile of __________" is how Hafiz knows that God is real, according to the poem.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 225 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample