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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 describes God as a Golden ______ that takes the soul soaring in the poem titled "Lifts Beyond Conception".
(a) Dove.
(b) Sparrow.
(c) Nightingale.
(d) Eagle.

2. 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) Eye.
(c) Hands.
(d) Face.

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

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

5. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.
(a) Camels.
(b) Water Buffalo.
(c) Footprints.
(d) Dumb Animals.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "I Have Learned so Much", Hafiz suggests that he is so _______ and freed that he can't even identify with a particular sex anymore.

2. The seventh chapter closes with praise of mediation in the poem "Let ______ Become Your Beautiful Lover".

3. Hafiz uses the image of sunlight on a ______ to describe love in the poem "It Felt Love".

4. According to the Islamic fundamentalist leaders, it was ______ to claim intimacy with the divine.

5. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What is the main metaphor which is being used when Hafiz writes, "Looking for a Good Fish"?

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

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

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

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

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

9. What is the imagery that Hafiz uses in the poem, "Someone Untied Your Camel"?

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

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