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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 47 - 63 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. In "Spring Snow," God condemns humanity for not believing in Him, despite His doing what?
(a) Giving them everything they want.
(b) Giving them an obvious sign.
(c) Believing in them.
(d) Answer their calls.

2. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?
(a) A human audience.
(b) The dirt.
(c) Another plant.
(d) God.

3. What does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" say he feels for his audience in the first lines?
(a) Disgust.
(b) Love.
(c) Pity.
(d) Shame.

4. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) Death.
(b) Nightfall.
(c) Summer.
(d) The rains.

5. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?
(a) God.
(b) Their mortality.
(c) The changing seasons.
(d) One another.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the lily in "The Silver Lily" say it does not fear?

2. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?

3. What does the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?

4. What fire-filled thing is likened to moonlight in "Love in Moonlight"?

5. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?

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