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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. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.
(a) Sculpting.
(b) Poetry.
(c) Painting.
(d) Baking.

2. Hafiz uses the imagery of the poem "To Build a ______" to describe the process of building character.
(a) House.
(b) Swing.
(c) Church.
(d) Child.

3. Hafiz describes the unity of God and his worshipers in the poem "Laughing at the word _______."
(a) Many.
(b) Two.
(c) Three.
(d) One.

4. Hafiz encourages believers to make themselves sources of love and hope in the poem "Like a Life-Giving _____".
(a) Moon.
(b) Earth.
(c) Planet.
(d) Sun.

5. 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) Yellow, Rose.
(d) White, Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.

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

3. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.

4. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.

5. Hafiz uses agricultural images to express the idea that humans are God's precious crop in the poem "His Winter _____".

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What is the shame of which Hafiz speaks in "Why Just Ask the Donkey"?

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