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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In the poem "That Shapes the ______", Hafiz the purity and easy happiness of youth and the benefits of focusing on God in age.
(a) Hands.
(b) Face.
(c) Soul.
(d) Eye.

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

3. The poems "God Just Came Near", "The Sun Never Says", and "The Seed Cracked Open" use imagery from ______ to describe the connection to God.
(a) Shopping.
(b) Forestry.
(c) Walking.
(d) Gardening.

4. In Hafiz's poem "Wise Men Keep Talking About" God is portrayed as a ______ and life is a love factory.
(a) Teddy bear.
(b) Child.
(c) Woman.
(d) Man.

5. The poem "A _____ Rim" describes his soul flying from him into heaven to sing with God.
(a) Glass.
(b) Crystal.
(c) Gossamer.
(d) Golden.

6. The poem "Some Fill With Each Good _____" encourages people to give their most intimate affection to those who requite it.
(a) Rain.
(b) Wind.
(c) Sun.
(d) Snow.

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

8. According to Ladinsky, Hafiz wrote between _______ poems, some of which were destroyed by fundamentalist Islamic leaders.
(a) 300-500.
(b) 50-70.
(c) 30-50.
(d) 500-700.

9. Chapter 7 opens with the poem "Really Just a ______" in which Hafiz suggests everything is God's musical instrument.
(a) Violin.
(b) Flute.
(c) Tamborine.
(d) Drum.

10. Hafiz uses the image of all creation applauding in the warm gaze of God in the poem "Life Starts ______".
(a) Clapping.
(b) Smiling.
(c) Celebrating.
(d) Laughing.

11. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.
(a) Colored.
(b) Strange.
(c) Light.
(d) Bright.

12. The eighth chapter opens with the poem "Get the Blame Straight" granting humanity the right to blame and ____ God for everything.
(a) Credit.
(b) Rebel against.
(c) Denounce.
(d) Criticize.

13. The poem "When the Violin" uses the image of the violin to represent a _____ freed to make music in God's hands.
(a) Mind.
(b) Spirit.
(c) Heart.
(d) Soul.

14. In the poem "Muhammad's _____" Hafiz uses the metaphor of spider-web-weaving to describe finding God.
(a) Spider.
(b) Friend.
(c) Soul.
(d) Twin.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Ladinsky used the work of ______ published in 1891 to guide this particular translation of Hafiz's work.

2. Hafiz describes the situation of an insect and uses it to teach about compassion towards the weak in the poem "Courteous to the _____".

3. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.

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

5. Hafiz is known for his attempts to free people through intimacy with the divine from the control of ______.

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