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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. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.
(a) Face.
(b) Hands.
(c) Eye.
(d) Soul.

2. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.
(a) Divining.
(b) Splitting.
(c) Separating.
(d) Dividing.

3. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature and harmonious living.
(a) Attar.
(b) Saadi.
(c) Rumi.
(d) Lalla.

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

5. Having demonstrated his ability as a poet, Hafiz won several positions including all of the following except ______.
(a) Poet laureate.
(b) College professor.
(c) Court poet.
(d) Teacher.

Short Answer 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 _____".

2. In the poem, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.

3. One of the major themes of the poems in the seventh chapter is discerning _____ from counterfeit.

4. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.

5. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.

Short Essay Questions

1. In "God's Bucket," what does the symbolism of the roaring ocean seem to say, according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

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

5. What is the point of the poem, "Some Fill with Each Good Rain," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

8. What is the ratio of copies of Hafiz's work in relation to the Quran in his own hometown city of Shiraz?

9. In "I Rain," to what is Hafiz's poetry compared within the actions of nature and weather?

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

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