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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 4-6.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Haifz uses his crush on a girl to symbolize his affection for God in the poem, "What the ______".
(a) Soul wants.
(b) Body wants.
(c) Heaven.
(d) Hell.

3. The poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.
(a) Project.
(b) Introject.
(c) Subject.
(d) Object.

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

5. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.
(a) Hat.
(b) Shirt.
(c) Sock.
(d) Shoe.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.

3. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".

4. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.

5. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.

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