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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) Lamium.
(b) Foxglove.
(c) Trillium.
(d) Iris.

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#1) say she does more intensely than others?
(a) Praises God.
(b) Despairs.
(c) Eats tomatoes.
(d) Gardens.

3. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
(a) Quietly.
(b) Condescendingly.
(c) In the personal way.
(d) Angrily.

4. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
(a) Her figs.
(b) Apricots.
(c) The peaches.
(d) The tomato crop.

5. What does the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?
(a) Human joy.
(b) Human devotion to God.
(c) Human folly.
(d) Human passion or rage.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker of "Retreating Wind" tell his audience they will not find what they are looking for?

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

3. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?

4. What adjective does the person in "Vespers" (#1) use to describe the peach which grows only in warm climates?

5. What do the daisies think people are more interested in than nature in "Daisies"?

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