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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Fish.
(c) Cat.
(d) Pig.

2. During his studies of Islamic law, theology, grammar, math, astrology, and calligraphy, Hafiz worked as a ______ assistant.
(a) Baker's.
(b) Calligrapher's.
(c) Blacksmith's.
(d) Butcher's.

3. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".
(a) Solstice.
(b) Light.
(c) Harvest.
(d) Crop.

4. The opening essay gives the approximate dates during which Hafiz lived and states that he was a contemporary of _______.
(a) Henry S. Mindlin.
(b) William Shakespeare.
(c) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

5. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.
(a) Clawed.
(b) Dangerous.
(c) Untamed.
(d) Sweaty.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.

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

3. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.

4. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".

5. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".

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