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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "The ________ Girl," Hafiz realizes he needs to leave his own sense of self behind when he is approaching God.
(a) Good.
(b) Ticket.
(c) Hatcheck.
(d) Maid.

2. The poem "A ____ in Each Act and Creature" describes the life-giving and earth-beautifying of the sun as an expression of divine affection.
(a) Branch.
(b) Keystone.
(c) Root.
(d) Chord.

3. Hafiz refers to the things he will leave behind that he strove to be a steward for in the poem "Who Will Feed my _____".
(a) Goat.
(b) Cat.
(c) Dog.
(d) Camel.

4. Hafiz is a __________ ready to be eaten in the poem, "Throw Me on a Scale" in this collection of poetry.
(a) Cow.
(b) Chicken.
(c) Lobster.
(d) Fish.

5. "The Tender Mouth" speaks of offering one's ___________ to Earth after death, as Hafiz describes it.
(a) Body.
(b) Soul.
(c) Spirit.
(d) Book.

6. A person will be swallowed up by __________ if he does not find joyful work, according to Hafiz.
(a) The waters.
(b) Their ego.
(c) The world.
(d) A book.

7. Hafiz describes the ecstatic experience of his teacher's revelations of truth using the image of falling out of the windows in the poem "A _____ -Story House".
(a) Two.
(b) Four.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

8. The poem "____ You to My Body" describes Hafiz's desire to keep his students close and teach them all the time.
(a) Chain.
(b) Bind.
(c) Tie.
(d) Embrace.

9. Hafiz explains that his purpose in writing is to put words to the longing of human hearts in the poem "I Hope You Won't _____ This Old Man".
(a) Hit.
(b) Kill.
(c) Sue.
(d) Laugh at.

10. Hafiz discusses the experience of falling out of trust with God and then moving towards trusting again in the poem "A Still ____".
(a) Cup.
(b) Mind.
(c) Tree.
(d) Pool.

11. Hafiz suggests that sometimes God wearies of softly spoken love and he wants to shake his children by the shoulders in the poem called "Tired of Speaking _____".
(a) Harshly.
(b) Sweetly.
(c) Softly.
(d) Generously.

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

13. In the poem "_____ Wandering" Hafiz describes the whole of creation as being as fragile as the sprout under a large animal.
(a) Rhinoceros.
(b) Elephant.
(c) Camel.
(d) Lion.

14. When a person does not understand the proximity of God in his life, Hafiz says he might have to ___________ them.
(a) Ignore.
(b) Revive.
(c) Kill.
(d) Medicate.

15. Hafiz believes that he is merely "A Hole in a __________" that God plays when he is writing and living his life.
(a) Reed.
(b) Tuba.
(c) Stone.
(d) Flute.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Why not be polite" Hafiz invites everyone to listen to those around them as if ____ were speaking through them.

2. Hafiz suggests that he has become so close to God and cleansed of the pain and longing in the poem "The Lamp That Needs no _____".

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".

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 _____".

5. Hafiz speaks to that moment one can sit in the pain of longing and listen intently to God in the poem "When you can _____".

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