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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "_____ Wandering" Hafiz describes the whole of creation as being as fragile as the sprout under a large animal.
(a) Rhinoceros.
(b) Lion.
(c) Elephant.
(d) Camel.

2. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Destructive.
(b) Divine.
(c) Constructive.
(d) Beautiful.

3. "The ________ Warehouse" is a place full of distractions from the divine, according to Hafiz.
(a) Priest's.
(b) Beggar's.
(c) Idiot's.
(d) Fool's.

4. Hafiz encourages everyone to be a teacher in the poem "How do I _____".
(a) Listen.
(b) Teach.
(c) Tell.
(d) Speak.

5. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.
(a) Twin.
(b) Friend.
(c) Soul.
(d) Spider.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.

2. Hafiz believed that a Perfect Master personifies all of the following qualities except _______ and expresses them in every activity of life.

3. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.

4. Hafiz uses the imagery of drinking God's greatness and the discontentment that come from comparison breaking the wine glass in the poem "Why Aren't We All Screaming _____".

5. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".

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