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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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) Bowl.
(c) Bucket.
(d) Chalice.

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

4. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.
(a) Shiraz.
(b) Uffizi.
(c) Konia.
(d) Tabriz.

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

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

7. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Divine.
(c) Destructive.
(d) Constructive.

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

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

10. Having demonstrated his ability as a poet, Hafiz won several positions including all of the following except ______.
(a) Teacher.
(b) College professor.
(c) Court poet.
(d) Poet laureate.

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

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

13. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.
(a) Consternation.
(b) Intimidation.
(c) Propagation.
(d) Supplication.

14. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.
(a) Egos.
(b) Tempers.
(c) Animals.
(d) Clothes.

15. Hafiz refers to the process of growing in love and knowledge by making oneself a student of a master in these things "The _____ Work".
(a) Important.
(b) Good.
(c) Great.
(d) Meaningful.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz wrote his poems in the ______ century. However, dignitaries throughout the ages since, including the Queen of England consulted his works.

2. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.

3. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".

4. 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.

5. The poem "Don't _____ Again" opens up the fifth chapter and encourages people to seek God throughout their life.

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