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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".
(a) Sun.
(b) Planet.
(c) Earth.
(d) Moon.

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

3. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.
(a) Camels.
(b) Dumb Animals.
(c) Water Buffalo.
(d) Footprints.

4. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Tartars.
(c) Egyptians.
(d) Romans.

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) Burned up.
(b) Solemn.
(c) Depressed.
(d) Silent.

Short Answer Questions

1. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz was the youngest child of the family having _____ older brothers.

2. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".

3. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".

4. Hafiz uses the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".

5. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".

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