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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 "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Divine.
(d) Constructive.

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

3. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.
(a) Tabriz.
(b) Shiraz.
(c) Konia.
(d) Uffizi.

4. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Pig.
(b) Bird.
(c) Cat.
(d) Fish.

5. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.
(a) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
(b) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(c) Henry S. Mindlin.
(d) Meher Baba.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.

2. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.

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

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

5. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".

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