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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. The poem "This Sane Idea" asks that people leave their ______ behind when going on the search for God.
(a) Egos.
(b) Clothes.
(c) Animals.
(d) Tempers.

2. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Ramakrishna.
(b) Francis of Assisi.
(c) Lalla.
(d) Rumi.

3. Hafiz is said to have devoted himself to a ______ day vigil at the tomb of a saint said to be able to grant the deepest desires of anyone.
(a) Sixty.
(b) Forty.
(c) Thirty.
(d) Fifty.

4. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.
(a) Shiraz.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Uffizi.
(d) Konia.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Within his poetry, Hafiz tells the reader that he is speaking _______ truths mean to free people to celebrate and revel in the divine.

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

4. One of the major themes of the poems in the seventh chapter is discerning _____ from counterfeit.

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 permission that Hafiz grants the reader in "Get the Blame Straight," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

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

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

6. What does Hafiz encourage the reader to do in "Don't Die Again" 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. In "The Sad Game," what is the imagery which is being used to describe the theft done by guilt?

9. What did Queen Victoria do with the poetry of Hafiz when she read it during her reign?

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

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