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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 "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.
(a) Burned up.
(b) Depressed.
(c) Solemn.
(d) Silent.

2. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.
(a) Destroyer.
(b) Composer.
(c) Weaver.
(d) Complicator.

3. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Ramakrishna.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Francis of Assisi.

4. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.
(a) Meher Baba.
(b) Jalaluddin Rumi.
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(d) Tabriz.

5. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.
(a) Fourth.
(b) First.
(c) Second.
(d) Third.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.

2. Hafiz is said to have devoted himself to a ______ day vigil at the tomb of a saint said to be able to grant the deepest desires of anyone.

3. Having demonstrated his ability as a poet, Hafiz won several positions including all of the following except ______.

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

5. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz was the youngest child of the family having _____ older brothers.

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