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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz is thought of as an _______ so able was he to access the voice of God.
(a) Artist.
(b) Oracle.
(c) Apothecary.
(d) Astronaut.

3. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".
(a) Despair.
(b) Shyness.
(c) Arrogance.
(d) Boldness.

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

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

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

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

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

9. The poems "God Just Came Near", "The Sun Never Says", and "The Seed Cracked Open" use imagery from ______ to describe the connection to God.
(a) Gardening.
(b) Walking.
(c) Forestry.
(d) Shopping.

10. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.
(a) Cattle.
(b) Prisoners.
(c) Valuables.
(d) Names.

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

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

13. In the poem "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.
(a) Silent.
(b) Burned up.
(c) Solemn.
(d) Depressed.

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

15. 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.
(a) Fifty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Sixty.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.

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

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.

5. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.

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