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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.
(a) Hat.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Shirt.
(d) Sock.

4. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.
(a) Blue, Rose.
(b) Yellow, Rose.
(c) White, Rose.
(d) Blue, Lilly.

5. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.
(a) Rebel against.
(b) Denounce.
(c) Criticize.
(d) Credit.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.

2. In the poem "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.

3. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".

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

5. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.

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