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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".
(a) Well.
(b) Chalice.
(c) Bowl.
(d) Bucket.

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

4. In the poem "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.
(a) Lion's.
(b) Tiger's.
(c) Cat's.
(d) Dog's.

5. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".
(a) Beetle.
(b) Ant.
(c) Grasshopper.
(d) Cockroach.

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

7. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.
(a) Soul.
(b) Twin.
(c) Spider.
(d) Friend.

8. During his studies of Islamic law, theology, grammar, math, astrology, and calligraphy, Hafiz worked as a ______ assistant.
(a) Butcher's.
(b) Calligrapher's.
(c) Baker's.
(d) Blacksmith's.

9. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.
(a) Columnar.
(b) Vestibular.
(c) Oracular.
(d) Vernacular.

10. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.
(a) Church.
(b) Swing.
(c) Child.
(d) House.

11. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.
(a) Bright.
(b) Strange.
(c) Colored.
(d) Light.

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

13. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.
(a) Hand.
(b) Heart.
(c) Brother.
(d) Mother.

14. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.
(a) Deer.
(b) Pigs.
(c) Birds.
(d) Rabbits.

15. The poems in Chapter Three go deeper into the human psyche an use ______ lessons instead of universal truths.
(a) Project.
(b) Subject.
(c) Object.
(d) Introject.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.

2. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".

3. The opening essay gives the approximate dates during which Hafiz lived and states that he was a contemporary of _______.

4. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.

5. In the poem "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.

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