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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 19-22.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz uses a parrot as a metaphor to describe teachers with no _____ in the poem "The Diamond Takes Shape".
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Wisdom.
(c) Humor.
(d) Love.

2. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".
(a) Lion.
(b) Dog.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Camel.

3. 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) Separating.
(c) Dividing.
(d) Splitting.

4. Hafiz uses the image of God as the ocean and anger is the thing that sinks men's boats in the poem called "The Great _____".
(a) Tide.
(b) Mariner.
(c) Captain.
(d) Expanse.

5. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.
(a) Shiraz.
(b) Uffizi.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Konia.

Short Answer Questions

1. "All Then You Are" is a poem which describes all of the manifestations of ________ all inspiring Hafiz to worship.

2. In "The ________ Girl," Hafiz realizes he needs to leave his own sense of self behind when he is approaching God.

3. The poem "It Will Stretch Out Its Leg" compares poetry to a man ______ someone to make them stop and listen.

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

5. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.

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