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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "What the Hell" Hafiz is unable to contain his ecstatic love and decorates a girl's house with _____.
(a) Flowers.
(b) Poems.
(c) Pictures.
(d) Birds.

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

3. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.
(a) Shoe.
(b) Sock.
(c) Hat.
(d) Shirt.

4. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.
(a) Aged.
(b) Humble.
(c) Vintage.
(d) Great.

5. The seventh chapter closes with praise of mediation in the poem "Let ______ Become Your Beautiful Lover".
(a) Beauty.
(b) Thought.
(c) Life.
(d) God.

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

7. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.
(a) Humility.
(b) Employment.
(c) Schooling.
(d) Worship.

8. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.
(a) Writer.
(b) Coal merchant.
(c) Priest.
(d) Silversmith.

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

10. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".
(a) Dove.
(b) Nightingale.
(c) Sparrow.
(d) Eagle.

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

12. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz was the youngest child of the family having _____ older brothers.
(a) Four.
(b) Two.
(c) Five.
(d) Three.

13. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.
(a) Sweaty.
(b) Untamed.
(c) Dangerous.
(d) Clawed.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.

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

3. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.

4. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.

5. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.

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