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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 "_____Hear Watchdogs" Hafiz describes the idea that true believers don't feel they have to trick God into blessing them.
(a) Theives.
(b) B urglars.
(c) Poets.
(d) Lovers.

2. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.
(a) Consternation.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) Supplication.
(d) Propagation.

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

4. Hafiz speaks to that moment one can sit in the pain of longing and listen intently to God in the poem "When you can _____".
(a) Endure.
(b) Love.
(c) Hear.
(d) Listen.

5. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature and harmonious living.
(a) Saadi.
(b) Attar.
(c) Rumi.
(d) Lalla.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz encourages everyone to be a teacher in the poem "How do I _____".

2. "Bring the Man to Me" describes a master who knows that his ____ is praying for freedom and summons him.

3. A poem is an ornery __________ which begs to be heard, according to the writing of Hafiz.

4. In the poem "Curfews" ______ is the key to freedom that Hafiz offers to the reader.

5. Hafiz encourages people to bail from churches and cling to the lifeboats of poetry in the poem "The Great _____".

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