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

2. "_______" is a poem which describes the source of real poetry, according to Hafiz's perspective on life and writing.

3. When a person does not understand the proximity of God in his life, Hafiz says he might have to ___________ them.

4. The feverish pursuit of male dogs for female dogs in heat is used as the standard for people's pursuit of God in the poem "______ Love".

5. In the final poem of Chapter 8, Hafiz reiterates that the _____ moment is meant for worship in "Now is the Time".

Short Essay Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Over the course of time, Hafiz's words have be translated and retranslated, possibly losing their meaning in the process.

Part 1: Do you think it matters who the interpreter is, in relation to the content and the lessons of the book?

Part 2: Why do you think the lessons of the book are timeless and not affected by the translation?

Part 3: How do you think you could be assured that the words in the book were truly the words of Hafiz?

Essay Topic 2

A common theme in the poems of Hafiz is that everyone is God and God is in everyone.

Part 1: How do you feel about the idea that God is in everyone?

Part 2: Do you think it's possible for a person to have God in themselves and outside of them?

Part 3: Why do you think it's important to be close to God in the way Hafiz describes?

Essay Topic 3

Hafiz grants humanity the ability to blame as well as credit God for everything that happens to them.

Part 1: Why do you think Hafiz assigns the blame to God alone?

Part 2: Do you think it's fair for God to receive the blame for things which go wrong in life?

Part 3: How do you think a person is to blame for the miseries in their life?

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