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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.
(a) Hand.
(b) Brother.
(c) Heart.
(d) Mother.

3. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.
(a) Face.
(b) Hand.
(c) Foot.
(d) Cheek.

4. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Bird.
(b) Pig.
(c) Cat.
(d) Fish.

5. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.
(a) Birds.
(b) Deer.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Pigs.

Short Answer Questions

1. Within his poetry, Hafiz tells the reader that he is speaking _______ truths mean to free people to celebrate and revel in the divine.

2. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.

3. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.

4. Chapter one's poem's are more _______ and use imagery from nature, music, dining, fishing, hunting, etc.

5. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.

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