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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 16-18.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is getting ready for a cosmic celebration in "Then Winks" by Hafiz?
(a) Cockroach.
(b) Snake.
(c) Rabbit.
(d) Hafiz.

2. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".
(a) Camel.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Lion.
(d) Dog.

3. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".
(a) Light.
(b) Crop.
(c) Harvest.
(d) Solstice.

4. "The ________ Warehouse" is a place full of distractions from the divine, according to Hafiz.
(a) Priest's.
(b) Idiot's.
(c) Beggar's.
(d) Fool's.

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 _____".
(a) Listen.
(b) Hear.
(c) Love.
(d) Endure.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz discusses the experience of falling out of trust with God and then moving towards trusting again in the poem "A Still ____".

2. In the poem "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.

3. Hafiz describes the unity of God and his worshipers in the poem "Laughing at the word _______."

4. 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".

5. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.

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