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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24 - 33 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in the poem "Wild Iris"?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) The iris.
(d) The poet's husband.

2. What is the young couple doing in "The Garden"?
(a) Planting irises.
(b) Weeding the garden.
(c) Planting a row of peas.
(d) Planting tomato plants.

3. Who is the speaker in "Snowdrops"?
(a) A snowdrop flower.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) The poet.
(d) God.

4. What does the lamium say "living things don't all require...in the same degree" (5)?
(a) Food.
(b) Light.
(c) God.
(d) Activity.

5. Where does the speaker of "Retreating Wind" tell his audience they will not find what they are looking for?
(a) In prayer.
(b) In heaven.
(c) In the garden.
(d) In God's love.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "The Garden"?

2. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?

3. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say humans are always planning?

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

5. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?

(see the answer key)

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