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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz describes the pain of seeing a decrease in love or understanding in the world in the poem "The ____ is Right".
(a) Love.
(b) Mind.
(c) Heart.
(d) Head.

2. The beauty of _________ makes believers expect to hear the voice of God in "Reaching Toward the Millet Fields."
(a) Creation.
(b) God.
(c) Wine.
(d) Sunshine.

3. What does Hafiz encourage people to let go of when he is writing his poem, "Find a Better Job"?
(a) Stability.
(b) Peace.
(c) Money.
(d) Worry.

4. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.
(a) Humility.
(b) Worship.
(c) Employment.
(d) Schooling.

5. _________ is the word for remembrance in which humanity best meditates on the qualities of God.
(a) Zikr.
(b) Zak.
(c) Zada.
(d) Sakr.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. _________ is the fruit of creation and then its prized possession and source of joy, according to Hafiz.

3. "Love Lifts Me" is the response of the _________ who can defy gravity and gloom, according to Hafiz.

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

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

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