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

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) Poetry.
(d) Sculpting.

2. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Constructive.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Divine.
(d) Destructive.

3. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Rumi.
(b) Ramakrishna.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Francis of Assisi.

4. During his studies of Islamic law, theology, grammar, math, astrology, and calligraphy, Hafiz worked as a ______ assistant.
(a) Calligrapher's.
(b) Baker's.
(c) Blacksmith's.
(d) Butcher's.

5. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".
(a) Eagle.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Dove.
(d) Nightingale.

Short Answer Questions

1. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.

2. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.

3. Hafiz describes the unity of God and his worshipers in the poem "Laughing at the word _______."

4. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".

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

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