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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?
(a) To be able to talk about it.
(b) To write poems about it.
(c) To create something new.
(d) To have one more slur.

2. What is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?
(a) God.
(b) The sun shine.
(c) The summer breeze.
(d) A four-leaf clover.

3. Who is the speaker in "Scilla"?
(a) A hawthorn tree.
(b) God.
(c) An unknown human.
(d) A scilla plant.

4. Who is the speaker in "April"?
(a) A gardener.
(b) A young woman.
(c) God.
(d) The april rain.

5. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he should be buried with at the end of the poem?

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) suggest God withhold if He wishes for her to continue to grow tomatoes?

3. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel happens to her over and over at the start of the poem?

4. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?

5. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?

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