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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 uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".
(a) Drunken.
(b) Outrageous.
(c) Holy.
(d) Private.

2. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.
(a) Poetry.
(b) Painting.
(c) Baking.
(d) Sculpting.

3. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.
(a) Vestibular.
(b) Oracular.
(c) Vernacular.
(d) Columnar.

4. 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.

5. The poem "Don't _____ Again" opens up the fifth chapter and encourages people to seek God throughout their life.
(a) Resist.
(b) Die.
(c) Live.
(d) Stop.

Short Answer Questions

1. Having demonstrated his ability as a poet, Hafiz won several positions including all of the following except ______.

2. The poem "So Many _____" is used by Hafiz to represent all the blessings of God that go unclaimed.

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

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

5. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".

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