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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

4. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.
(a) Child.
(b) Swing.
(c) Church.
(d) House.

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

6. 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) Blue, Lilly.
(b) Blue, Rose.
(c) Yellow, Rose.
(d) White, Rose.

7. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".
(a) Beauty.
(b) Door.
(c) Pathway.
(d) Stairway.

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

9. 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) Harvest.
(d) Crop.

10. 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.

11. 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) Forestry.
(b) Gardening.
(c) Shopping.
(d) Walking.

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

13. 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 desert.
(c) Hell.
(d) The woods.

14. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.
(a) Camels.
(b) Dumb Animals.
(c) Water Buffalo.
(d) Footprints.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.

2. Chapter one's poem's are more _______ and use imagery from nature, music, dining, fishing, hunting, etc.

3. Hafiz describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".

4. Daniel Ladinsky describes Hafiz as a poet who has inspired some of the worlds greatest _______.

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

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