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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.
(a) Glass.
(b) Golden.
(c) Gossamer.
(d) Crystal.

2. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.
(a) Heart.
(b) Brother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Hand.

3. The poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.
(a) Introject.
(b) Subject.
(c) Project.
(d) Object.

4. Hafiz suggests that he has become so close to God and cleansed of the pain and longing in the poem "The Lamp That Needs no _____".
(a) Polishing.
(b) Wick.
(c) Heat.
(d) Oil.

5. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.
(a) Blue, Rose.
(b) White, Rose.
(c) Yellow, Rose.
(d) Blue, Lilly.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "_____Hear Watchdogs" Hafiz describes the idea that true believers don't feel they have to trick God into blessing them.

2. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.

3. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.

4. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.

5. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.

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