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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 chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.
(a) Being.
(b) Rainbow.
(c) Storm.
(d) Tree.

2. One of the major themes of the poems in the seventh chapter is discerning _____ from counterfeit.
(a) Money.
(b) God.
(c) Relationship.
(d) Truth.

3. Hafiz deals with the issue of men listening to their worst selves in the poem "______ Deals".
(a) Forthright.
(b) Crooked.
(c) Many.
(d) Straight.

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

5. The poem "Don't _____ Again" opens up the fifth chapter and encourages people to seek God throughout their life.
(a) Die.
(b) Live.
(c) Resist.
(d) Stop.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.

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

4. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.

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

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