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

2. The poem "A Hunting Party" makes the suggestion that the search for spiritual nourishment should take place ______.
(a) As a couple.
(b) As a family.
(c) Individually.
(d) In a community.

3. In the poem "_____ God" Hafiz uses the imagery of a concert in the heavens and the tedious work of breaking God apart.
(a) Divining.
(b) Separating.
(c) Dividing.
(d) Splitting.

4. The poem "Looking for a Good Fish" uses the metaphor of shopping in the wrong markets and following _____ into deserts.
(a) Dumb Animals.
(b) Footprints.
(c) Water Buffalo.
(d) Camels.

5. In the poem "What do the _____ Birds Say" Hafiz uses the symbols of the illusory Earth falling away and the fullness of God opening like a ____ in his heart.
(a) White, Rose.
(b) Blue, Lilly.
(c) Yellow, Rose.
(d) Blue, Rose.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "Against my Own _____" sensuously describes the long-sought presence of God.

2. The poem "A ______ Feather" is used to describe the process of going through flawed spiritual understanding before spiritual maturity.

3. _______ was a major part of Persian culture including such accomplished masters as Saadi, Attar, and Rumi.

4. In the chapter's closing poem "That Magnificent ______", Hafiz compares himself to a cypress.

5. In the poem "We Have not Come to Take ________", Hafiz suggests that people run from those who threaten one's spiritual vision.

Short Essay Questions

1. What is the shame of which Hafiz speaks in "Why Just Ask the Donkey"?

2. What is being cultivated in the garden images as described in "Your Seed Pouch"?

3. What is the permission that Hafiz grants the reader in "Get the Blame Straight," according to this translation of Hafiz?

4. What happens to Hafiz in "I Hold the Lion's Paw," according to this translation of Hafiz?

5. In "When the Violin," what does Hafiz mean to use the violin imagery to symbolize in the poem?

6. What is the symbolism which is being used in "Please," according to this translation of Hafiz?

7. What was so special about Shiraz where Hafiz grew up, unlike many of the other surrounding cities?

8. What does Hafiz say the reader should do in "Forgive the Dream," according to this translation of Hafiz?

9. What is the point of the poem, "Some Fill with Each Good Rain," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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