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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 Tender Mouth" speaks of offering one's ___________ to Earth after death, as Hafiz describes it.

2. 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".

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

4. 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 _____".

5. The relationship between teacher and ______ is so intimate that it feels like a marriage is the subject of the poem "I Want Both of Us".

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

4. Why is Hafiz grateful that his teacher's house only had one floor, according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hafiz points out that everything is a portal to the holy in his poem, "Where is the Door to the Tavern?"

Part 1: Do you agree that everything can be a portal to the holy in one's life?

Part 2: What is the importance of finding the door to the holy in one's life?

Part 3: How does the world change when you can agree that everything is a portal to the holy?

Essay Topic 2

Hafiz uses a poem to describe the idea of burning something away which is destructive.

Part 1: Do you think that burning something away is always destructive?

Part 2: How do you feel about the idea of destroying something else?

Part 3: What do you think happens when a person burns away things in their life which do not serve them?

Essay Topic 3

Fellowship, according to Hafiz, is seen in those who have shed guilt and who see themselves as children of God.

Part 1: How do you think a person can fully shed the guilt in their lives?

Part 2: Do you agree that people should see themselves as the children of God?

Part 3: Why do you think that people should seek out fellowship?

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