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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".
(a) Solstice.
(b) Light.
(c) Harvest.
(d) Crop.

3. The poem "The Millstone's _____" describes God's unique ability to speak to the hearts deepest longings.
(a) Grinding.
(b) Talents.
(c) Deceptions.
(d) Offerings.

4. Chapter 9 opens with the poem "The Prettiest ______" in which human beings are compared to dumb herding animals.
(a) Donkey.
(b) Cow.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Mule.

5. In the poem "What the Hell" Hafiz is unable to contain his ecstatic love and decorates a girl's house with _____.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Birds.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Poems.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poem "Some Fill With Each Good _____" encourages people to give their most intimate affection to those who requite it.

3. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.

4. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.

5. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.

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