View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.
(a) Composer.
(b) Weaver.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Complicator.

3. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Meher Baba.
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(d) Jalaluddin Rumi.

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

5. Chapter one's poem's are more _______ and use imagery from nature, music, dining, fishing, hunting, etc.
(a) Light-hearted.
(b) Heavy-hearted.
(c) Complicated.
(d) Elegant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.

3. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".

4. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.

5. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.

(see the answer key)

This section contains 204 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample