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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 poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.
(a) Project.
(b) Object.
(c) Subject.
(d) Introject.

2. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.
(a) Deer.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Birds.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poems "God Just Came Near", "The Sun Never Says", and "The Seed Cracked Open" use imagery from ______ to describe the connection to God.

2. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.

3. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".

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

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

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