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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 became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.
(a) Shiite.
(b) Zen.
(c) Sufi.
(d) Zoroastrian.

2. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.
(a) As a family.
(b) In a community.
(c) Individually.
(d) As a couple.

3. In the poem, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.
(a) Atonement.
(b) Effacement.
(c) Embarassment.
(d) Allotment.

4. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.
(a) Dividing.
(b) Splitting.
(c) Separating.
(d) Divining.

5. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.
(a) Supplication.
(b) Consternation.
(c) Intimidation.
(d) Propagation.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "The Millstone's _____" describes God's unique ability to speak to the hearts deepest longings.

2. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".

3. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.

4. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.

5. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.

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