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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, "_______" Hafiz describes the agony of shedding selfishness.
(a) Embarassment.
(b) Effacement.
(c) Allotment.
(d) Atonement.

2. Hafiz believed that God was too powerful and benevolent to resort to ______ and condemnation to elicit devotion from his children.
(a) Consternation.
(b) Propagation.
(c) Supplication.
(d) Intimidation.

3. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".
(a) Arrogance.
(b) Shyness.
(c) Despair.
(d) Boldness.

4. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".
(a) Solstice.
(b) Crop.
(c) Light.
(d) Harvest.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".

2. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.

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

4. Hafiz asks the reader to forgive this illusory life for its painfulness in the poem "Forgive the _____".

5. The poem "So Many _____" is used by Hafiz to represent all the blessings of God that go unclaimed.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

6. What is the story which is being told in the poem, "The Difference Between," according to this translation of Hafiz?

7. What is the symbolism used to describe God in "Lifts Beyond Conception,"according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

9. What does Hafiz reveal about himself in "Mismatched Newlyweds," according to this translation?

10. What did Queen Victoria do with the poetry of Hafiz when she read it during her reign?

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