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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz deals with the issue of men listening to their worst selves in the poem "______ Deals".
(a) Many.
(b) Crooked.
(c) Forthright.
(d) Straight.

2. In the poem "The Ear That was Sold to a _____" Hafiz sends body parts with far-flung animals to spy on God.
(a) Pig.
(b) Cat.
(c) Fish.
(d) Bird.

3. In the poem "Your _____ and my _______" Hafiz describes the eternal communion between souls.
(a) Heart.
(b) Brother.
(c) Mother.
(d) Hand.

4. Hafiz uses the image of the ocean's defying gravity to symbolize a life in the supreme safety of "God's ______".
(a) Bowl.
(b) Chalice.
(c) Bucket.
(d) Well.

5. Ladinsky suggests that Hafiz is on the same level as other luminaries including all of the following except _______.
(a) Lalla.
(b) Ramakrishna.
(c) Rumi.
(d) Francis of Assisi.

6. Hafiz won the admiration of the Zoroastrian master ______ who said that Hafiz's poetry contains all the secrets of the spiritual path.
(a) Meher Baba.
(b) Tabriz.
(c) Jalaluddin Rumi.
(d) Geoffrey Chaucer.

7. In the poem "I Hold the _______ Paw", Hafiz describes God as an animal with whom he dances.
(a) Cat's.
(b) Lion's.
(c) Tiger's.
(d) Dog's.

8. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz is thought of as an _______ so able was he to access the voice of God.
(a) Astronaut.
(b) Oracle.
(c) Apothecary.
(d) Artist.

9. Hafiz refers to the process of growing in love and knowledge by making oneself a student of a master in these things "The _____ Work".
(a) Meaningful.
(b) Important.
(c) Good.
(d) Great.

10. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.
(a) Clawed.
(b) Untamed.
(c) Sweaty.
(d) Dangerous.

11. Hafiz grew up in simple surroundings as the son of a _______ who died when Hafiz was only a teenager.
(a) Priest.
(b) Silversmith.
(c) Writer.
(d) Coal merchant.

12. God's dance is described by Hafiz as being the ultimate source of all movement in the poem "No _____".
(a) Problem.
(b) Rest.
(c) Conflict.
(d) Stopping.

13. Hafiz became a ______ master in his sixties after studying for decades and trying to win the heart of a local beauty.
(a) Sufi.
(b) Zen.
(c) Shiite.
(d) Zoroastrian.

14. Life itself, rather than religion is described by Hafiz as the way to finding God in the poem "The _____ of Existence".
(a) Stairway.
(b) Pathway.
(c) Beauty.
(d) Door.

15. The seventh chapter closes with praise of mediation in the poem "Let ______ Become Your Beautiful Lover".
(a) God.
(b) Beauty.
(c) Life.
(d) Thought.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz studied under ______ another poet of great renown. He was taught poetry, chemistry, theology, nature and harmonious living.

2. In Chapter two, Hafiz's poems portray him as a kind of _______ using his own experiences to offer wisdom.

3. During his studies of Islamic law, theology, grammar, math, astrology, and calligraphy, Hafiz worked as a ______ assistant.

4. The poem "Love is the Funeral Pyre" returns to the idea of burning away all that is ______.

5. Hafiz was known to live in ______, and even now there are as many copies of his Divan as there are copies of the Quran.

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