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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz describes the pain of seeing a decrease in love or understanding in the world in the poem "The ____ is Right".
(a) Heart.
(b) Mind.
(c) Head.
(d) Love.

2. Hafiz discusses the experience of falling out of trust with God and then moving towards trusting again in the poem "A Still ____".
(a) Mind.
(b) Cup.
(c) Tree.
(d) Pool.

3. "An Invisible Pile of __________" is how Hafiz knows that God is real, according to the poem.
(a) Lies.
(b) Clay.
(c) Wood.
(d) Stones.

4. Hafiz explains that his purpose in writing is to put words to the longing of human hearts in the poem "I Hope You Won't _____ This Old Man".
(a) Laugh at.
(b) Kill.
(c) Hit.
(d) Sue.

5. When Hafiz is so cleansed and finished by love, he becomes ___________ personified, ready to be consumed.
(a) Honor.
(b) Understanding.
(c) Knowledge.
(d) Truth.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the final poem of Chapter 8, Hafiz reiterates that the _____ moment is meant for worship in "Now is the Time".

2. The poem "_____ Gods" opens the tenth chapter and focuses on drawing attention away from counterfeit gods.

3. Humanity is a fish on a _________ when it is separated from God, according to the final poem of the section by Hafiz.

4. "Bring the Man to Me" describes a master who knows that his ____ is praying for freedom and summons him.

5. Hafiz uses a parrot as a metaphor to describe teachers with no _____ in the poem "The Diamond Takes Shape".

Short Essay Questions

1. What does a poem in the book say Hafiz has used in order to become a lamp which needs no oil?

2. Who does Hafiz seek to comfort in the poem, "You Were Brave in that Holy War,"according to this translation of Hafiz?

3. What is so important for the reader to learn from the poem, "Stay Close to the Sounds"?

4. What happens within the poem and story in "Bring the Man to Me," according to this translation of Hafiz?

5. What is the reminder that Hafiz presents to the reader in "Now is the Time, " according to this translation of Hafiz?

6. What is the surrender to which Hafiz refers in "The Clay Bowl's Destiny"?

7. What is the metaphor that Hafiz uses in "Turn Left a Thousand Feet from Here"?

8. In "I Want Both of Us," which two relationships does Hafiz compare with each other, according to this translation of Hafiz?

9. What is God symbolized as in "Lousy at Math," according to this translation of Hafiz?

10. What does "What Should We Do About the Moon?" describe to the reader, from Hafiz's point of view?

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