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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 13-15.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "A ____ in Each Act and Creature" describes the life-giving and earth-beautifying of the sun as an expression of divine affection.
(a) Chord.
(b) Root.
(c) Branch.
(d) Keystone.

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

3. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".
(a) Crop.
(b) Harvest.
(c) Light.
(d) Solstice.

4. The relationship between teacher and ______ is so intimate that it feels like a marriage is the subject of the poem "I Want Both of Us".
(a) Slave.
(b) Student.
(c) Servant.
(d) Prodigy.

5. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".
(a) Bucket.
(b) Bowl.
(c) Chalice.
(d) Well.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "The Old _____", Hafiz suggests that people regard each other with the gentle care the instrumentalist gives to his instruments.

2. Hafiz is a __________ ready to be eaten in the poem, "Throw Me on a Scale" in this collection of poetry.

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

4. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.

5. The opening essay gives the approximate dates during which Hafiz lived and states that he was a contemporary of _______.

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