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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Chapter 9 opens with the poem "The Prettiest ______" in which human beings are compared to dumb herding animals.
(a) Mule.
(b) Cow.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Donkey.

2. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Pig.
(b) Cat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bird.

3. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.
(a) Strange.
(b) Colored.
(c) Bright.
(d) Light.

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

5. In "The ________ Girl," Hafiz realizes he needs to leave his own sense of self behind when he is approaching God.
(a) Maid.
(b) Good.
(c) Ticket.
(d) Hatcheck.

Short Answer Questions

1. "Between Our Poles" is a poem which compares humanity's ability to display the characteristics of God to the _____________.

2. In the poem "_____ Wandering" Hafiz describes the whole of creation as being as fragile as the sprout under a large animal.

3. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.

4. Hafiz describes the pain of seeing a decrease in love or understanding in the world in the poem "The ____ is Right".

5. The seventh chapter closes with praise of mediation in the poem "Let ______ Become Your Beautiful Lover".

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