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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 1-3.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.
(a) Prisoners.
(b) Valuables.
(c) Names.
(d) Cattle.

2. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.
(a) Fourth.
(b) Second.
(c) Third.
(d) First.

3. 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) Bird.
(c) Cat.
(d) Fish.

4. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Ramakrishna.
(b) Rumi.
(c) Francis of Assisi.
(d) Lalla.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.

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. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.

4. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.

5. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.

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