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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 "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.
(a) Cat's.
(b) Lion's.
(c) Tiger's.
(d) Dog's.

2. The poem "Some Fill With Each Good _____" encourages people to give their most intimate affection to those who requite it.
(a) Snow.
(b) Rain.
(c) Wind.
(d) Sun.

3. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".
(a) Chalice.
(b) Well.
(c) Bowl.
(d) Bucket.

4. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".
(a) The desert.
(b) Heaven.
(c) Hell.
(d) The woods.

5. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".
(a) Beauty.
(b) Stairway.
(c) Pathway.
(d) Door.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

3. In the poem "Who Wrote the Music", Hafiz describes himself as the ________ of men's thoughts.

4. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.

5. The poem "The Millstone's _____" describes God's unique ability to speak to the hearts deepest longings.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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