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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 10-12.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "_____Hear Watchdogs" Hafiz describes the idea that true believers don't feel they have to trick God into blessing them.
(a) Lovers.
(b) B urglars.
(c) Theives.
(d) Poets.

2. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.
(a) Golden.
(b) Glass.
(c) Crystal.
(d) Gossamer.

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

4. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".
(a) Earth.
(b) Sun.
(c) Planet.
(d) Moon.

5. Hafiz uses a misled fish to symbolize people experiencing the confusion of life in "Trying to Wear _____"
(a) Hats.
(b) Pants.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Shirts.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".

2. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.

3. Chapter 9 opens with the poem "The Prettiest ______" in which human beings are compared to dumb herding animals.

4. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.

5. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.

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