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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".
(a) Rest.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Stopping.
(d) Problem.

3. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.
(a) Henry S. Mindlin.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Meher Baba.
(d) H. Wilberforce Clarke.

4. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".
(a) Cockroach.
(b) Grasshopper.
(c) Beetle.
(d) Ant.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.

2. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.

3. Hafiz refers to the process of growing in love and knowledge by making oneself a student of a master in these things "The _____ Work".

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

5. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.

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