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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

9. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.
(a) Cheek.
(b) Foot.
(c) Hand.
(d) Face.

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

11. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.
(a) Soul.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Mind.
(d) Heart.

12. The poem "Don't _____ Again" opens up the fifth chapter and encourages people to seek God throughout their life.
(a) Resist.
(b) Stop.
(c) Live.
(d) Die.

13. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".
(a) Sun.
(b) Earth.
(c) Moon.
(d) Planet.

14. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.
(a) Yellow, Rose.
(b) Blue, Lilly.
(c) Blue, Rose.
(d) White, Rose.

15. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.
(a) Zoroastrian.
(b) Sufi.
(c) Zen.
(d) Shiite.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.

2. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".

3. Hafiz is said to have devoted himself to a ______ day vigil at the tomb of a saint said to be able to grant the deepest desires of anyone.

4. In the poem "_____ Man" Hafiz describes the work of refining character without breaking it.

5. The poem "Startled by God" uses the image of _____ startled by a broken stick.

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