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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 the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".
(a) Laughing.
(b) Clapping.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Celebrating.

2. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Divine.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Constructive.

3. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.
(a) Colored.
(b) Bright.
(c) Strange.
(d) Light.

4. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".
(a) Camel.
(b) Lion.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Dog.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.

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

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

5. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.

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