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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.
(a) Animals.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Tempers.
(d) Egos.

2. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Deer.
(c) Birds.
(d) Pigs.

3. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".
(a) Problem.
(b) Conflict.
(c) Stopping.
(d) Rest.

4. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz was the youngest child of the family having _____ older brothers.
(a) Two.
(b) Five.
(c) Four.
(d) Three.

5. 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, Lilly.
(b) White, Rose.
(c) Yellow, Rose.
(d) Blue, Rose.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.

3. Hafiz wrote his poems in the ______ century. However, dignitaries throughout the ages since, including the Queen of England consulted his works.

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

5. Hafiz uses the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".

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