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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's home city was one of the few to have not been ravaged by the invasions of the Mongols and the _______.
(a) Greeks.
(b) Tartars.
(c) Romans.
(d) Egyptians.

2. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.
(a) Foot.
(b) Cheek.
(c) Hand.
(d) Face.

3. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.
(a) Shiite.
(b) Sufi.
(c) Zen.
(d) Zoroastrian.

4. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.
(a) Sock.
(b) Shoe.
(c) Hat.
(d) Shirt.

5. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.
(a) Cattle.
(b) Valuables.
(c) Names.
(d) Prisoners.

Short Answer Questions

1. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.

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

3. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.

4. Hafiz believed that a Perfect Master personifies all of the following qualities except _______ and expresses them in every activity of life.

5. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What was so special about Shiraz where Hafiz grew up, unlike many of the other surrounding cities?

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

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

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

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

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

8. What is the request Hafiz makes of believers in the poem, "Out of This Mess"?

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

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

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