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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) Soul.
(b) Hands.
(c) Face.
(d) Eye.

2. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.
(a) Blue, Lilly.
(b) Blue, Rose.
(c) White, Rose.
(d) Yellow, Rose.

3. Hafiz believed that a Perfect Master personifies all of the following qualities except _______ and expresses them in every activity of life.
(a) Perfect knowing.
(b) Perfect joy.
(c) Perfect love.
(d) Perfect health.

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

5. It is suggested in the fourth chapter that ______ is a transformer of perspective and character.
(a) Humility.
(b) Employment.
(c) Schooling.
(d) Worship.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.

2. Hafiz uses guests at a ______ party as object lessons in the poem "If God Invited you to a Party".

3. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.

4. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.

5. According to Ladinksy, Hafiz's poetry has often been used in an ______ fashion, like astrology or the tarot.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What does Ladinsky have to say about his interpretation of Hafiz and what he did with the translation?

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

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

5. What does Hafiz say the reader should do in "Forgive the Dream," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

7. What is the purpose of the poem, "Everywhere, " according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

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

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