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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Back in the garden.
(c) Inside the house.
(d) To the forest.

2. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?
(a) A young couple.
(b) A row of peas.
(c) The light rain.
(d) The fresh dirt.

3. Who is the speaker in "Retreating Wind"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The wind.
(c) God.
(d) The poet.

4. How is the moonlight described in "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) Being faroff and mysterious.
(b) Having shape without detail.
(c) Being the only light in the darkness.
(d) Being shapeless.

5. How does the speaker in "End of Summer" refer to humanity?
(a) Master of everything.
(b) Disgraced beings.
(c) Self indulgent experiment.
(d) Poor inspired creation.

Short Answer Questions

1. What did humanity want that they did not receive from God?

2. What do the daisies in "Daisies" say will happen if the person were to share her views of the natural world with others?

3. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) apologize for failing to do at the start of the poem?

4. The speaker in "Matins" (#4) said that s/he asked God to be what?

5. What does the witchgrass say it will someday do at the end of "Witchgrass"?

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