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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) God.
(b) A young woman.
(c) A young man.
(d) The hawthorn tree.

2. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) They thrive.
(b) The wind blows away their petals.
(c) They are picked.
(d) They wilt.

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

4. What does the speaker say s/he regrets thinking of humanity as in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) A waste of time.
(b) A joke.
(c) Selfish.
(d) An experiment.

5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
(a) Master.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Fool.

Short Answer Questions

1. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

2. What tree does the poet in "Matins" (#3) ask if God is like?

3. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#4)?

4. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" say all humanity does while crying out their needs "in the open field" (34)?

5. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?

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