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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 34 - 46 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God if He may be more inconsistent like what type of plant?
(a) Foxglove.
(b) Iris.
(c) Trillium.
(d) Lamium.

2. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?
(a) Heaven.
(b) A better place to garden.
(c) A sign the rain is coming.
(d) A sign from God.

3. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) try to plant as a test of God's existence?
(a) An apricot tree.
(b) A tomato crop.
(c) A fig tree.
(d) A peach tree.

4. What does God feel people have failed to do despite his effort in "Clear Morning'?
(a) Repent.
(b) Behave.
(c) Accept Him.
(d) Succeed.

5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
(a) Beautiful.
(b) Master.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What was the couple given which compels the speaker in "April" to say he expected better of them?

2. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?

3. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?

4. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?

5. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?

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