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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.
(a) Ethics.
(b) Economics.
(c) Religion.
(d) Government.

2. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.
(a) Rainbow.
(b) Being.
(c) Tree.
(d) Storm.

3. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Pig.
(b) Cat.
(c) Bird.
(d) Fish.

4. Hafiz believed that a Perfect Master personifies all of the following qualities except _______ and expresses them in every activity of life.
(a) Perfect knowing.
(b) Perfect health.
(c) Perfect joy.
(d) Perfect love.

5. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.
(a) Humble.
(b) Great.
(c) Vintage.
(d) Aged.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Chapter 7 opens with the poem "Really Just a ______" in which Hafiz suggests everything is God's musical instrument.

3. During his studies of Islamic law, theology, grammar, math, astrology, and calligraphy, Hafiz worked as a ______ assistant.

4. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.

5. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".

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