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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. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?

2. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?

3. What does God say humans were too eager for in "End of Winter"?

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

5. What has the young couple in "The Garden" not yet encountered according to the speaker?

Short Essay Questions

1. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?

2. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?

3. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?

4. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?

5. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?

6. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?

7. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?

8. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?

9. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?

10. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?

Essay Topics

Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:

Essay Topic 1

Choosing several of the poems written from the voice of God to the poet/ gardener/humanity write an essay analyzing God's changing tone toward the poet or humanity. Analyze the poems for tone and imagery, comparing and contrasting these aspects of the poem in a minimum of 4 poems.

Essay Topic 2

Write an essay analyzing the poet's search for God's existence. How does she search for God? What does she find? How do her moods change in regards to this search? Use evidence from at least 3 poems to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing the poet's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Matins" poems. Use textual evidence to support your analysis. Note the ways in which the poet uses imagery to convey these things. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

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