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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 "Curfews" ______ is the key to freedom that Hafiz offers to the reader.
(a) Joy.
(b) Remembrance.
(c) Laughter.
(d) Silence.

2. "Lousy at ___________" is a poem about how God is a priceless jewel which is broken apart by man.
(a) Science.
(b) Carving.
(c) Sculpting.
(d) Math.

3. "Bring the Man to Me" describes a master who knows that his ____ is praying for freedom and summons him.
(a) Friend.
(b) Dog.
(c) Neighbor.
(d) Slave.

4. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.
(a) Blue, Lilly.
(b) White, Rose.
(c) Blue, Rose.
(d) Yellow, Rose.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. When God's lute begs for a _________ hands, that when this person is able to be useful to God, according to Hafiz.

2. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.

3. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.

4. "Love Lifts Me" is the response of the _________ who can defy gravity and gloom, according to Hafiz.

5. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.

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