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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.
(a) Weaver.
(b) Complicator.
(c) Destroyer.
(d) Composer.

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

3. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.
(a) Teddy bear.
(b) Child.
(c) Woman.
(d) Man.

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

5. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".
(a) Shyness.
(b) Despair.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Boldness.

Short Answer Questions

1. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".

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. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.

4. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.

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

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