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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.
(a) 300-500.
(b) 30-50.
(c) 50-70.
(d) 500-700.

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

3. 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.

4. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.
(a) Individually.
(b) As a family.
(c) In a community.
(d) As a couple.

5. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".
(a) Despair.
(b) Shyness.
(c) Boldness.
(d) Arrogance.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"

2. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.

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

4. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.

5. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.

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