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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz explains that his purpose in writing is to put words to the longing of human hearts in the poem "I Hope You Won't _____ This Old Man".
(a) Kill.
(b) Laugh at.
(c) Hit.
(d) Sue.

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

3. The beauty of _________ makes believers expect to hear the voice of God in "Reaching Toward the Millet Fields."
(a) God.
(b) Wine.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Creation.

4. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.
(a) Credit.
(b) Criticize.
(c) Denounce.
(d) Rebel against.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz admits to there being a lot of challenge in the business of __________, according to one of his poems.

2. When Hafiz is so cleansed and finished by love, he becomes ___________ personified, ready to be consumed.

3. In the poem "_____ Wandering" Hafiz describes the whole of creation as being as fragile as the sprout under a large animal.

4. The first poem in Chapter 14 is called "A ____ For Your Head" in which Hafiz offers comfort to those exhausted by their trying to exist separate from God.

5. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.

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