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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.

2. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.

3. Hafiz instructs people to learn to see cause to celebrate even the mundane in the poem "If the Falling of a _____"

4. Hafiz reveals his own _____ in asking for divine affection in the poem called "Mismatched Newlyweds".

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

Short Essay Questions

1. Why were Hafiz's poems destroyed by the fundamentalist Islamic leadership?

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

3. What is the ratio of copies of Hafiz's work in relation to the Quran in his own hometown city of Shiraz?

4. What is the purpose of Hafiz's desire to speak the universal truths in his poems, according to the translator?

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

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

7. What is the imagery that Hafiz uses in the poem, "Someone Untied Your Camel"?

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

9. What is the shame of which Hafiz speaks in "Why Just Ask the Donkey"?

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hafiz points out that man can become preoccupied by ideas that are not important.

Part 1: Do you feel you can become distracted by things which are not important?

Part 2: Why do you think the men are so easily distracted by these unimportant thoughts?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to completely avoid unimportant thoughts?

Essay Topic 2

Hafiz talks about his rejoicing causes him to be overwhelmed by God in his life, bursting with energy.

Part 1: What do you think Hafiz means by his rejoicing making him fall out of the windows of his teacher's house?

Part 2: Do you think that spiritual ecstasy is normal or to be expected?

Part 3: Why do you think Hafiz is so overwhelmed by the teachings of his teacher?

Essay Topic 3

Hafiz talks about how it's a mistake to think that humans know of anything after death.

Part 1: Why do you think that death is still the greatest mystery of man?

Part 2: What happens when a person focuses too much on the idea of death?

Part 3: Do you think about the idea of death often?

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