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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does God see as an "Image of departure" (16) in "The Garden"?
(a) The woman and the man turning from each other.
(b) The woman leaving the garden.
(c) The woman's hand leaving the man's face.
(d) The man leaving the garden.

2. Who is the speaker in "The Garden"?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) A row of peas.
(d) A young couple.

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#5)?

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?

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

4. What does the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?

5. Who is the speaker in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

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