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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 uses the metaphor of a prostitute for God promising good directions in the poem "Turn Left ______ Feet From Here".
(a) 100
(b) 50
(c) 1000
(d) 10

2. Hafiz contrasts his own humility with the wild majesty of his Message in the poem "This Talking _____".
(a) Rag.
(b) Bin.
(c) Stick.
(d) Bucket.

3. In "The ________ Girl," Hafiz realizes he needs to leave his own sense of self behind when he is approaching God.
(a) Ticket.
(b) Hatcheck.
(c) Good.
(d) Maid.

4. Hafiz speaks to that moment one can sit in the pain of longing and listen intently to God in the poem "When you can _____".
(a) Endure.
(b) Hear.
(c) Listen.
(d) Love.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Humanity is a fish on a _________ when it is separated from God, according to the final poem of the section by Hafiz.

2. "An Invisible Pile of __________" is how Hafiz knows that God is real, according to the poem.

3. The poem "Covers Her Face with Both Hands" describes how the ______ responds to people who refuse to act with kindness.

4. Hafiz likes to explore the realities of ________ with God when he writes poetry.

5. Hafiz encourages people to bail from churches and cling to the lifeboats of poetry in the poem "The Great _____".

Short Essay Questions

1. What is so important for the reader to learn from the poem, "Stay Close to the Sounds"?

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

3. What does "What Should We Do About the Moon?" describe to the reader, from Hafiz's point of view?

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

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

6. What does Hafiz encourage the reader to do once they bail out from churches, according to this translation of Hafiz?

7. What does the title of "We Might Have to Medicate You" mean to the reader, according to this translation?

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

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

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

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