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The Gift: Poems by the Great Sufi Master Test | Mid-Book Test - Medium

This set of Lesson Plans consists of approximately 103 pages of tests, essay questions, lessons, and other teaching materials.
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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 asks the reader to forgive this illusory life for its painfulness in the poem "Forgive the _____".
(a) Pain.
(b) Vision.
(c) Illusion.
(d) Dream.

2. 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.

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

4. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.
(a) Sweaty.
(b) Untamed.
(c) Clawed.
(d) Dangerous.

5. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.
(a) Constructive.
(b) Destructive.
(c) Divine.
(d) Beautiful.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".

3. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.

4. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Hafiz's poems destroyed by the fundamentalist Islamic leadership?

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

3. What is being cultivated in the garden images as described in "Your Seed Pouch"?

4. What happens to Hafiz in "I Hold the Lion's Paw," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

7. What does Hafiz believe about the power of God and his power in the world of men?

8. What is the permission that Hafiz grants the reader in "Get the Blame Straight," according to this translation of Hafiz?

9. What is the shame of which Hafiz speaks in "Why Just Ask the Donkey"?

10. What do people think was the source of Hafiz's wisdom in relation to the words that he chose to write?

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