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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 instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"
(a) Hoof.
(b) Horseshoe.
(c) Foot.
(d) Paw.

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

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

4. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature and harmonious living.
(a) Rumi.
(b) Attar.
(c) Saadi.
(d) Lalla.

5. Chapter 7 opens with the poem "Really Just a ______" in which Hafiz suggests everything is God's musical instrument.
(a) Tamborine.
(b) Violin.
(c) Drum.
(d) Flute.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Curfews" ______ is the key to freedom that Hafiz offers to the reader.

3. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".

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

5. Chapter one's poem's are more _______ and use imagery from nature, music, dining, fishing, hunting, etc.

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