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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

3. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.
(a) Vestibular.
(b) Columnar.
(c) Vernacular.
(d) Oracular.

4. In the poem "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.
(a) Burned up.
(b) Silent.
(c) Solemn.
(d) Depressed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.

2. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.

3. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz was the youngest child of the family having _____ older brothers.

4. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.

5. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.

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