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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The opening essay gives the approximate dates during which Hafiz lived and states that he was a contemporary of _______.
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(b) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
(c) William Shakespeare.
(d) Henry S. Mindlin.

2. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.
(a) Meher Baba.
(b) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
(c) Henry S. Mindlin.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

3. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.
(a) Worship.
(b) Employment.
(c) Humility.
(d) Schooling.

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

5. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.
(a) Jalaluddin Rumi.
(b) Meher Baba.
(c) Tabriz.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.

3. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.

4. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.

5. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.

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