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

2. Why does the red poppy say it is speaking at the end of "The Red Poppy"?
(a) Because it is scared.
(b) Because it cares for humanity.
(c) Because it has found God.
(d) Because it is shattered.

3. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) apologize for failing to do at the start of the poem?
(a) Share the tomato crop with her family.
(b) Produce a succesful tomato crop.
(c) Find proof God exists.
(d) Believe in God.

4. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?
(a) Red Roses.
(b) Trilliums.
(c) Purple Crocuses.
(d) White Irises.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker in "Scilla"?

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

4. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#7) call God?

5. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?

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