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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.
(a) Priest.
(b) Salesman.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Doctor.

2. In the poem "What the Hell" Hafiz is unable to contain his ecstatic love and decorates a girl's house with _____.
(a) Poems.
(b) Birds.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Flowers.

3. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.
(a) Tree.
(b) Storm.
(c) Being.
(d) Rainbow.

4. 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) Sixteenth.
(d) Thirteenth.

5. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".
(a) Private.
(b) Outrageous.
(c) Drunken.
(d) Holy.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.

2. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.

3. According to the Islamic fundamentalist leaders, it was ______ to claim intimacy with the divine.

4. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".

5. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.

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