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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.

Short Answer Questions

1. Hafiz encourages people to bail from churches and cling to the lifeboats of poetry in the poem "The Great _____".

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

3. Humanity is a fish on a _________ when it is separated from God, according to the final poem of the section by Hafiz.

4. Hafiz suggests that he has become so close to God and cleansed of the pain and longing in the poem "The Lamp That Needs no _____".

5. When Hafiz is so cleansed and finished by love, he becomes ___________ personified, ready to be consumed.

Short Essay Questions

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

2. What is so important for the reader to learn from the poem, "Stay Close to the Sounds"?

3. Within "The Heart of Right, " Hafiz describes the rightness of mourning at what time?

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

5. How is Hafiz described in "In Need of the Breath," according to this translation of Hafiz?

6. What does "What Should We Do About the Moon?" describe to the reader, from Hafiz's point of view?

7. Why is Hafiz grateful that his teacher's house only had one floor, according to this translation of Hafiz?

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

9. What is the warning to the reader in "A Hard Decree" according to this translation of Hafiz?

10. What does Hafiz encourage the reader to do once they bail out from churches, according to this translation of Hafiz?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Hafiz talks about God as though this were a person he knew in his daily life, like any other person.

Part 1: How do you feel about an author speaking of God in this way?

Part 2: Do you think that being this intimate with God is a good idea?

Part 3: Why do you think Hafiz feels he can talk about God in such a familiar way?

Essay Topic 2

Hafiz points out that everything is a portal to the holy in his poem, "Where is the Door to the Tavern?"

Part 1: Do you agree that everything can be a portal to the holy in one's life?

Part 2: What is the importance of finding the door to the holy in one's life?

Part 3: How does the world change when you can agree that everything is a portal to the holy?

Essay Topic 3

Hafiz points out that man can become preoccupied by ideas that are not important.

Part 1: Do you feel you can become distracted by things which are not important?

Part 2: Why do you think the men are so easily distracted by these unimportant thoughts?

Part 3: Do you think it's possible to completely avoid unimportant thoughts?

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