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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Ramakrishna.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Francis of Assisi.

2. Hafiz uses the image of sunlight on a ______ to describe love in the poem "It Felt Love".
(a) Tulip.
(b) Carnation.
(c) Lily.
(d) Rose.

3. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.
(a) White.
(b) Red.
(c) Blue.
(d) Yellow.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.

2. The seventh chapter closes with praise of mediation in the poem "Let ______ Become Your Beautiful Lover".

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

4. According to the Islamic fundamentalist leaders, it was ______ to claim intimacy with the divine.

5. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.

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