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

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

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

4. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.
(a) Pigs.
(b) Deer.
(c) Birds.
(d) Rabbits.

5. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.
(a) Sweaty.
(b) Clawed.
(c) Untamed.
(d) Dangerous.

Short Answer Questions

1. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".

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

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

4. 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.

5. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.

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