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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9 opens with the poem "The Prettiest ______" in which human beings are compared to dumb herding animals.
(a) Sheep.
(b) Mule.
(c) Cow.
(d) Donkey.

2. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.
(a) Priest.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Salesman.
(d) Blacksmith.

3. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.
(a) Shoe.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Sock.
(d) Hat.

4. According to the Islamic fundamentalist leaders, it was ______ to claim intimacy with the divine.
(a) Devout.
(b) Rhetoric.
(c) Standard practice.
(d) Blasphemy.

5. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.
(a) Religion.
(b) Government.
(c) Ethics.
(d) Economics.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.

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

3. Hafiz asks the reader to forgive this illusory life for its painfulness in the poem "Forgive the _____".

4. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.

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

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