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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. "Bring the Man to Me" describes a master who knows that his ____ is praying for freedom and summons him.
(a) Dog.
(b) Slave.
(c) Neighbor.
(d) Friend.

2. "_______" is a poem which describes the source of real poetry, according to Hafiz's perspective on life and writing.
(a) Truth.
(b) Wow.
(c) Yes.
(d) No.

3. In the poem "The _____ We Planted" Hafiz remembers his teacher Muhammad Attar and still longs for his affection.
(a) Tree.
(b) Lily.
(c) Bush.
(d) Rose.

4. "Spiced __________" describes the kind of sustenance that Hafiz offers in his poetry.
(a) Manna.
(b) Wine.
(c) Rum.
(d) Bread.

5. In Chapter 22 the first poem called "Stay With Us" the fellowship is defined by those who have shed _____.
(a) Hate.
(b) Blame.
(c) Corruption.
(d) Guilt.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poem "____ You to My Body" describes Hafiz's desire to keep his students close and teach them all the time.

2. Hafiz admits to there being a lot of challenge in the business of __________, according to one of his poems.

3. "The Heart's ___________" occurs when it makes itself God's pawn, according to Hafiz in his writing.

4. Hafiz discusses the experience of falling out of trust with God and then moving towards trusting again in the poem "A Still ____".

5. What does Hafiz encourage people to let go of when he is writing his poem, "Find a Better Job"?

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 the reminder that Hafiz presents to the reader in "Now is the Time, " according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

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

5. What happens to Hafiz in the poem, "Cupping My Hands Like a Mountain Valley"?

6. What are supposed to be left at the door in "The Hatcheck Girl," according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

8. What does the poem, "When You Can Endure" try to describe to the reader, according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

10. What is the metaphor that Hafiz uses in "Turn Left a Thousand Feet from Here"?

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