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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. When God's lute begs for a _________ hands, that when this person is able to be useful to God, according to Hafiz.
(a) Saint's.
(b) Teacher's.
(c) Mother's.
(d) Child's.

2. The beauty of _________ makes believers expect to hear the voice of God in "Reaching Toward the Millet Fields."
(a) Wine.
(b) God.
(c) Sunshine.
(d) Creation.

3. The relationship between teacher and ______ is so intimate that it feels like a marriage is the subject of the poem "I Want Both of Us".
(a) Slave.
(b) Student.
(c) Prodigy.
(d) Servant.

4. Hafiz uses the image of God as the ocean and anger is the thing that sinks men's boats in the poem called "The Great _____".
(a) Captain.
(b) Tide.
(c) Expanse.
(d) Mariner.

5. Hafiz uses a parrot as a metaphor to describe teachers with no _____ in the poem "The Diamond Takes Shape".
(a) Knowledge.
(b) Humor.
(c) Love.
(d) Wisdom.

6. In the poem "Scratching my Back" Hafiz describes himself as a _____ scratching his back on the moon.
(a) Goat.
(b) Camel.
(c) Cat.
(d) Dog.

7. "Between Our Poles" is a poem which compares humanity's ability to display the characteristics of God to the _____________.
(a) Art pieces in a museum.
(b) Clouds.
(c) Bible.
(d) Banks of a river.

8. The poem "It Will Stretch Out Its Leg" compares poetry to a man ______ someone to make them stop and listen.
(a) Kicking.
(b) Yelling at.
(c) Pushing.
(d) Tripping.

9. In the poem "I _____ for you God" Hafiz praises the qualities that relationship with God cultivates in people.
(a) Vote.
(b) Sing.
(c) Care.
(d) Write.

10. In the poem "The Old _____", Hafiz suggests that people regard each other with the gentle care the instrumentalist gives to his instruments.
(a) Instrumentalist.
(b) Flautist.
(c) Violin maker.
(d) Musician.

11. "Spiced __________" describes the kind of sustenance that Hafiz offers in his poetry.
(a) Wine.
(b) Bread.
(c) Manna.
(d) Rum.

12. "An Invisible Pile of __________" is how Hafiz knows that God is real, according to the poem.
(a) Lies.
(b) Stones.
(c) Clay.
(d) Wood.

13. In the poem "The _____ We Planted" Hafiz remembers his teacher Muhammad Attar and still longs for his affection.
(a) Tree.
(b) Bush.
(c) Rose.
(d) Lily.

14. A poem is an ornery __________ which begs to be heard, according to the writing of Hafiz.
(a) Sprite.
(b) Demon.
(c) Mother.
(d) Ghost.

15. Hafiz uses the metaphorical activity of _______ in the poem "I am Full of Love Tonight" in which God is the lover and humans are the beloved.
(a) Walking.
(b) Horseback Riding.
(c) Holding hands.
(d) Sailing.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz describes the pain of seeing a decrease in love or understanding in the world in the poem "The ____ is Right".

2. Hafiz describes people who don't know their own glory as "The Sun in ________" in one of his poems.

3. In the final poem of Chapter 8, Hafiz reiterates that the _____ moment is meant for worship in "Now is the Time".

4. The poem "A ____ in Each Act and Creature" describes the life-giving and earth-beautifying of the sun as an expression of divine affection.

5. In the poem "Out of God's _____" Hafiz uses imagery from nature to describe himself as a carrier of God's blessings.

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