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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 first poem of Chapter 13 "______" suggests that everything in creation is part of God's body and so deserves to be revered.
(a) Grace.
(b) Holiness.
(c) Reverence.
(d) Humility.

2. "The Tender Mouth" speaks of offering one's ___________ to Earth after death, as Hafiz describes it.
(a) Body.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Soul.
(d) Book.

3. The poem "This _____" describes unity with God as a place from which one must invite others to join in.
(a) Love.
(b) Ecstasy.
(c) Separation.
(d) Union.

4. The first poem in Chapter 14 is called "A ____ For Your Head" in which Hafiz offers comfort to those exhausted by their trying to exist separate from God.
(a) Blanket.
(b) Lap.
(c) Cushion.
(d) Pillow.

5. "Love Lifts Me" is the response of the _________ who can defy gravity and gloom, according to Hafiz.
(a) Woman.
(b) God.
(c) Bird.
(d) Child.

Short Answer Questions

1. When Hafiz is so cleansed and finished by love, he becomes ___________ personified, ready to be consumed.

2. Chapter 21 opens with an invitation from God to dance in the poem "The God Who Only Knows ______ Words".

3. Hafiz describes the ecstatic experience of his teacher's revelations of truth using the image of falling out of the windows in the poem "A _____ -Story House".

4. Hafiz contrasts his own humility with the wild majesty of his Message in the poem "This Talking _____".

5. In the poem "Out of God's _____" Hafiz uses imagery from nature to describe himself as a carrier of God's blessings.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the warning to the reader in "A Hard Decree" according to this translation of Hafiz?

2. What happens to Hafiz in the poem, "Cupping My Hands Like a Mountain Valley"?

3. How is Hafiz described in "In Need of the Breath," according to this translation of Hafiz?

4. What is the metaphor that Hafiz uses in "Turn Left a Thousand Feet from Here"?

5. Within "The Heart of Right, " Hafiz describes the rightness of mourning at what time?

6. What happens within the poem and story in "Bring the Man to Me," according to this translation of Hafiz?

7. Who is Hafiz speaking to in the poem, "Becoming Human," according to this translation of Hafiz?

8. In "I Want Both of Us," which two relationships does Hafiz compare with each other, according to this translation of Hafiz?

9. What is God symbolized as in "Lousy at Math," according to this translation of Hafiz?

10. How are communing worshipers described in "When You Wake," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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