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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".
(a) Hell.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The desert.
(d) The woods.

2. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.
(a) Blue.
(b) Yellow.
(c) White.
(d) Red.

3. Chapter 9 opens with the poem "The Prettiest ______" in which human beings are compared to dumb herding animals.
(a) Donkey.
(b) Cow.
(c) Sheep.
(d) Mule.

4. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Ramakrishna.
(b) Lalla.
(c) Francis of Assisi.
(d) Rumi.

5. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.
(a) Teddy bear.
(b) Man.
(c) Child.
(d) Woman.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.

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

3. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".

4. Hafiz sometimes includes himself in his poems in the _______ person as a way of signing them.

5. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main metaphor which is being used when Hafiz writes, "Looking for a Good Fish"?

2. What is the message Hafiz tries to tell the reader in "Really Just a Tambourine," according to this translation of Hafiz?

3. What is the imagery that Hafiz uses in the poem, "Someone Untied Your Camel"?

4. What does Hafiz send with the animals in order to spy on God in "The Ear that was Sold to a Fish"?

5. In "When the Violin," what does Hafiz mean to use the violin imagery to symbolize in the poem?

6. In "The Sad Game," what is the imagery which is being used to describe the theft done by guilt?

7. What does Hafiz encourage the reader to do in "Don't Die Again" according to this translation of Hafiz?

8. What is the purpose of Hafiz's desire to speak the universal truths in his poems, according to the translator?

9. What is the symbolism which is being used in "Please," according to this translation of Hafiz?

10. What is the overall expression found in "A Strange Feather, " according to this translation of Hafiz?

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