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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 7-9.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"
(a) Paw.
(b) Hoof.
(c) Foot.
(d) Horseshoe.

2. Hafiz uses the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".
(a) Laughing.
(b) Celebrating.
(c) Smiling.
(d) Clapping.

3. Chapter one's poem's are more _______ and use imagery from nature, music, dining, fishing, hunting, etc.
(a) Complicated.
(b) Light-hearted.
(c) Heavy-hearted.
(d) Elegant.

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

5. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".
(a) Conflict.
(b) Rest.
(c) Stopping.
(d) Problem.

Short Answer Questions

1. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.

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. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz is thought of as an _______ so able was he to access the voice of God.

4. Hafiz uses the image of sunlight on a ______ to describe love in the poem "It Felt Love".

5. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.

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