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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Chapters 23-25.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. "Love Lifts Me" is the response of the _________ who can defy gravity and gloom, according to Hafiz.
(a) Woman.
(b) God.
(c) Child.
(d) Bird.

2. Hafiz uses the imagery of drinking God's greatness and the discontentment that come from comparison breaking the wine glass in the poem "Why Aren't We All Screaming _____".
(a) Drunks.
(b) Lovers.
(c) Banshees.
(d) Harpies.

3. "Bring the Man to Me" describes a master who knows that his ____ is praying for freedom and summons him.
(a) Friend.
(b) Dog.
(c) Slave.
(d) Neighbor.

4. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.
(a) Denounce.
(b) Rebel against.
(c) Criticize.
(d) Credit.

5. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature and harmonious living.
(a) Saadi.
(b) Attar.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Rumi.

Short Answer Questions

1. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.

2. Hafiz suggests that surrender is _____ in the poem "The Clay Bowl's Destiny" and is God's intent for life on earth.

3. Hafiz instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"

4. Hafiz tells the story of a lady fish looking for a ______ in the poem "Maybe Even Lucrative".

5. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".

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