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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 explains that his purpose in writing is to put words to the longing of human hearts in the poem "I Hope You Won't _____ This Old Man".
(a) Hit.
(b) Kill.
(c) Laugh at.
(d) Sue.

2. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.
(a) Humble.
(b) Vintage.
(c) Great.
(d) Aged.

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

4. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.
(a) Heart.
(b) Soul.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Mind.

5. One of the major themes of the poems in the seventh chapter is discerning _____ from counterfeit.
(a) Truth.
(b) God.
(c) Money.
(d) Relationship.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".

2. Hafiz uses the metaphor of a prostitute for God promising good directions in the poem "Turn Left ______ Feet From Here".

3. In the poem "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.

4. In the poem "The _____ We Planted" Hafiz remembers his teacher Muhammad Attar and still longs for his affection.

5. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.

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