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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.
(a) Priest.
(b) Coal merchant.
(c) Silversmith.
(d) Writer.

2. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.
(a) Heart.
(b) Soul.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Mind.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".

2. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.

3. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.

4. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".

5. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.

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