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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz suggests that sometimes God wearies of softly spoken love and he wants to shake his children by the shoulders in the poem called "Tired of Speaking _____".
(a) Generously.
(b) Harshly.
(c) Softly.
(d) Sweetly.

2. In "The Seed Cracked Open", Hafiz describes the finding of the relationship with God to an opened ______.
(a) Seed.
(b) Window.
(c) Flower.
(d) Door.

3. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".
(a) Despair.
(b) Arrogance.
(c) Shyness.
(d) Boldness.

4. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.
(a) Musicians.
(b) Playwrights.
(c) Writers.
(d) Poets.

5. Hafiz contrasts his own humility with the wild majesty of his Message in the poem "This Talking _____".
(a) Stick.
(b) Bucket.
(c) Rag.
(d) Bin.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "So Many _____" is used by Hafiz to represent all the blessings of God that go unclaimed.

2. Hafiz deals with the issue of men listening to their worst selves in the poem "______ Deals".

3. 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".

4. Hafiz believes that he is merely "A Hole in a __________" that God plays when he is writing and living his life.

5. In the final poem of Chapter 8, Hafiz reiterates that the _____ moment is meant for worship in "Now is the Time".

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