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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.
(a) Painting.
(b) Baking.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Poetry.

2. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.
(a) First.
(b) Fourth.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

3. Hafiz uses the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".
(a) Smiling.
(b) Clapping.
(c) Laughing.
(d) Celebrating.

4. In the poem, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.
(a) Effacement.
(b) Atonement.
(c) Allotment.
(d) Embarassment.

5. Hafiz wrote his poems in the ______ century. However, dignitaries throughout the ages since, including the Queen of England consulted his works.
(a) Fifteenth.
(b) Fourteenth.
(c) Thirteenth.
(d) Sixteenth.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.

2. Hafiz believed that a Perfect Master personifies all of the following qualities except _______ and expresses them in every activity of life.

3. Hafiz encourages everyone to be a teacher in the poem "How do I _____".

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

5. Having demonstrated his ability as a poet, Hafiz won several positions including all of the following except ______.

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