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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hafiz wrote his poems in the ______ century. However, dignitaries throughout the ages since, including the Queen of England consulted his works.
(a) Fourteenth.
(b) Sixteenth.
(c) Fifteenth.
(d) Thirteenth.

3. In "The Seed Cracked Open", Hafiz describes the finding of the relationship with God to an opened ______.
(a) Window.
(b) Flower.
(c) Seed.
(d) Door.

4. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.
(a) Crystal.
(b) Glass.
(c) Gossamer.
(d) Golden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature and harmonious living.

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

3. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".

4. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.

5. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".

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