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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.
(a) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
(b) Meher Baba.
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(d) Henry S. Mindlin.

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

3. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.
(a) Hands.
(b) Eye.
(c) Soul.
(d) Face.

4. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.
(a) Mind.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Heart.
(d) Soul.

5. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.
(a) As a couple.
(b) As a family.
(c) Individually.
(d) In a community.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poem "Don't _____ Again" opens up the fifth chapter and encourages people to seek God throughout their life.

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

4. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.

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

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