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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Scratching my Back" Hafiz describes himself as a _____ scratching his back on the moon.
(a) Cat.
(b) Goat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Camel.

2. Chapter 21 opens with an invitation from God to dance in the poem "The God Who Only Knows ______ Words".
(a) Four.
(b) Three.
(c) Two.
(d) Ten.

3. When Hafiz is so cleansed and finished by love, he becomes ___________ personified, ready to be consumed.
(a) Understanding.
(b) Truth.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Honor.

4. Haifz uses his crush on a girl to symbolize his affection for God in the poem, "What the ______".
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Body wants.
(d) Soul wants.

5. In the poem, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.
(a) Atonement.
(b) Effacement.
(c) Embarassment.
(d) Allotment.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. The beauty of _________ makes believers expect to hear the voice of God in "Reaching Toward the Millet Fields."

4. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.

5. Hafiz uses the imagery of drinking God's greatness and the discontentment that come from comparison breaking the wine glass in the poem "Why Aren't We All Screaming _____".

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