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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.
(a) Man.
(b) Teddy bear.
(c) Woman.
(d) Child.

2. Hafiz encourages people to bail from churches and cling to the lifeboats of poetry in the poem "The Great _____".
(a) Lie.
(b) Travesties.
(c) Oppression.
(d) Religions.

3. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.
(a) White.
(b) Yellow.
(c) Blue.
(d) Red.

4. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.
(a) Divining.
(b) Splitting.
(c) Separating.
(d) Dividing.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hafiz instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"

3. According to the Islamic fundamentalist leaders, it was ______ to claim intimacy with the divine.

4. The poem "_____ Gods" opens the tenth chapter and focuses on drawing attention away from counterfeit gods.

5. The poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.

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