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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 suggests that sometimes God wearies of softly spoken love and he wants to shake his children by the shoulders in the poem called "Tired of Speaking _____".
(a) Softly.
(b) Sweetly.
(c) Harshly.
(d) Generously.

2. In the poem "The Old _____", Hafiz suggests that people regard each other with the gentle care the instrumentalist gives to his instruments.
(a) Flautist.
(b) Violin maker.
(c) Musician.
(d) Instrumentalist.

3. Hafiz uses a misled fish to symbolize people experiencing the confusion of life in "Trying to Wear _____"
(a) Shirts.
(b) Hats.
(c) Gloves.
(d) Pants.

4. Hafiz uses the imagery of drinking God's greatness and the discontentment that come from comparison breaking the wine glass in the poem "Why Aren't We All Screaming _____".
(a) Lovers.
(b) Harpies.
(c) Drunks.
(d) Banshees.

5. When God's lute begs for a _________ hands, that when this person is able to be useful to God, according to Hafiz.
(a) Teacher's.
(b) Child's.
(c) Saint's.
(d) Mother's.

Short Answer Questions

1. In the poem "_____Hear Watchdogs" Hafiz describes the idea that true believers don't feel they have to trick God into blessing them.

2. In the poem "_____ Wandering" Hafiz describes the whole of creation as being as fragile as the sprout under a large animal.

3. Hafiz asserts that he is an earth that will perish without the ______ of God's presence in the poem "That Does Perish".

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

5. A person will be swallowed up by __________ if he does not find joyful work, according to Hafiz.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the surrender to which Hafiz refers in "The Clay Bowl's Destiny"?

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

3. What is supposed to happen to all of creation, according to "Reverence," in this section of Hafiz's poems?

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

5. Who does Hafiz seek to comfort in the poem, "You Were Brave in that Holy War,"according to this translation of Hafiz?

6. What does a poem in the book say Hafiz has used in order to become a lamp which needs no oil?

7. What does the poem, "When You Can Endure" try to describe to the reader, according to this translation of Hafiz?

8. How is a poem described in "Sometimes I Say to a Poem" according to this translation of Hafiz?

9. What is the reminder that Hafiz presents to the reader in "Now is the Time, " according to this translation of Hafiz?

10. What are supposed to be left at the door in "The Hatcheck Girl," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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