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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 "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.
(a) Dividing.
(b) Divining.
(c) Separating.
(d) Splitting.

2. The poem "The Millstone's _____" describes God's unique ability to speak to the hearts deepest longings.
(a) Talents.
(b) Grinding.
(c) Deceptions.
(d) Offerings.

3. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Pig.
(b) Bird.
(c) Fish.
(d) Cat.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.

2. The poem "Removing the ______ From the Temple" describes any place where where is praying as the temple of God.

3. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.

4. Hafiz uses the image of being on a mule exploring God's wonder in the poem "The Mule Got Drunk and Lost in _____".

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

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 the shame of which Hafiz speaks in "Why Just Ask the Donkey"?

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

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

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

6. What does Hafiz encourage the reader to do in "Don't Die Again" according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

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

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

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