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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.
(a) Musicians.
(b) Playwrights.
(c) Writers.
(d) Poets.

2. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".
(a) Moon.
(b) Sun.
(c) Planet.
(d) Earth.

3. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Egyptians.
(c) Romans.
(d) Tartars.

4. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.
(a) Employment.
(b) Schooling.
(c) Worship.
(d) Humility.

5. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz is thought of as an _______ so able was he to access the voice of God.
(a) Artist.
(b) Oracle.
(c) Astronaut.
(d) Apothecary.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.

2. Hafiz believed that a Perfect Master personifies all of the following qualities except _______ and expresses them in every activity of life.

3. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.

4. In the poem "What the Hell" Hafiz is unable to contain his ecstatic love and decorates a girl's house with _____.

5. The poems "God Just Came Near", "The Sun Never Says", and "The Seed Cracked Open" use imagery from ______ to describe the connection to God.

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