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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. 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) Tabriz.
(c) Uffizi.
(d) Konia.

2. Chapter 7 opens with the poem "Really Just a ______" in which Hafiz suggests everything is God's musical instrument.
(a) Violin.
(b) Flute.
(c) Tamborine.
(d) Drum.

3. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.
(a) Storm.
(b) Tree.
(c) Rainbow.
(d) Being.

4. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Bird.
(b) Cat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Pig.

5. Hafiz's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.
(a) Tartars.
(b) Greeks.
(c) Romans.
(d) Egyptians.

6. Hafiz uses the image of sunlight on a ______ to describe love in the poem "It Felt Love".
(a) Carnation.
(b) Tulip.
(c) Rose.
(d) Lily.

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

8. In "The Seed Cracked Open", Hafiz describes the finding of the relationship with God to an opened ______.
(a) Seed.
(b) Flower.
(c) Door.
(d) Window.

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

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

11. In the poem, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.
(a) Effacement.
(b) Embarassment.
(c) Allotment.
(d) Atonement.

12. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".
(a) Solstice.
(b) Light.
(c) Crop.
(d) Harvest.

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

14. 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) Forty.
(b) Sixty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Chapter 9 opens with the poem "The Prettiest ______" in which human beings are compared to dumb herding animals.

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

3. Within his poetry, Hafiz tells the reader that he is speaking _______ truths mean to free people to celebrate and revel in the divine.

4. Hafiz asks the reader to forgive this illusory life for its painfulness in the poem "Forgive the _____".

5. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.

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