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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?
(a) In a garden.
(b) In Hell.
(c) In the earth.
(d) In limbo.

2. What does God say "glitters like the moon" (9) in "Spring Snow"?
(a) Fireflies.
(b) The garden.
(c) The snowfall.
(d) The earth.

3. How does the hawthorn tree observe the couple walking in the garden in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) Arm in arm.
(b) Beside one another, but not holding hands.
(c) Shoulder to shoulder.
(d) Close together, hands clasped.

4. What time of year does the poet in "The Doorway" wish she could remain forever?
(a) Late Summer.
(b) Late Spring.
(c) Early Spring.
(d) Early Summer.

5. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Pray.
(b) Water the plants.
(c) Harvest her vegetables.
(d) Weed the garden.

Short Answer Questions

1. Why does the red poppy say it is speaking at the end of "The Red Poppy"?

2. Why does the speaker feel it is difficult to please all creations?

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

4. In "Spring Snow," God condemns humanity for not believing in Him, despite His doing what?

5. Why does the speaker say humans suffer at the end of "Early Darkness"?

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