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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Hafiz describes the hopelessness and lack of compassion that characterize people who have lost their way in the poem "Someone Untied Your _____".
(a) Elephant.
(b) Dog.
(c) Lion.
(d) Camel.

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

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

4. The poem "So Many _____" is used by Hafiz to represent all the blessings of God that go unclaimed.
(a) Gifts.
(b) Wasted.
(c) Notices.
(d) Presents.

5. During his studies of Islamic law, theology, grammar, math, astrology, and calligraphy, Hafiz worked as a ______ assistant.
(a) Butcher's.
(b) Calligrapher's.
(c) Baker's.
(d) Blacksmith's.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" uses the symbolism of blooming nature to describe the blossoming revelation of God.

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

3. One of the major themes of the poems in the seventh chapter is discerning _____ from counterfeit.

4. Comparing God to a Lion, Hafiz suggests that worshipers learn to hold the ______ paw.

5. Hafiz describes the unity of God and his worshipers in the poem "Laughing at the word _______."

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the main metaphor which is being used when Hafiz writes, "Looking for a Good Fish"?

2. What is the request Hafiz makes of believers in the poem, "Out of This Mess"?

3. What is the message Hafiz tries to tell the reader in "Really Just a Tambourine," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

6. In "God's Bucket," what does the symbolism of the roaring ocean seem to say, according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

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

10. What does Hafiz reveal about himself in "Mismatched Newlyweds," according to this translation?

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