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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.
(a) In a community.
(b) As a family.
(c) Individually.
(d) As a couple.

2. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.
(a) H. Wilberforce Clarke.
(b) Meher Baba.
(c) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(d) Henry S. Mindlin.

3. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".
(a) Rest.
(b) Stopping.
(c) Problem.
(d) Conflict.

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

5. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".
(a) Heaven.
(b) The woods.
(c) Hell.
(d) The desert.

6. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.
(a) Economics.
(b) Religion.
(c) Government.
(d) Ethics.

7. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.
(a) Geoffrey Chaucer.
(b) Meher Baba.
(c) Jalaluddin Rumi.
(d) Tabriz.

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

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

10. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.
(a) Priest.
(b) Doctor.
(c) Blacksmith.
(d) Salesman.

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

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

13. Hafiz encourages everyone to be a teacher in the poem "How do I _____".
(a) Listen.
(b) Tell.
(c) Teach.
(d) Speak.

14. Hafiz uses the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".
(a) Laughing.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Celebrating.
(d) Clapping.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz describes the unity of God and his worshipers in the poem "Laughing at the word _______."

2. In "The Seed Cracked Open", Hafiz describes the finding of the relationship with God to an opened ______.

3. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.

4. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.

5. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.

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