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

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 man leaving the garden.
(c) The woman leaving the garden.
(d) The woman's hand leaving the man's face.

2. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#4)?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) The poet's husband.
(d) The birch tree.

3. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?
(a) Their disbelief in God.
(b) Their religious fervor.
(c) Their own despair.
(d) Their passion.

4. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) Their own voice.
(b) God's voice.
(c) The wind.
(d) Rainfall.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?

2. What is the young couple doing in "The Garden"?

3. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say his audience treasures?

4. What time of day does the poem "End of Winter" describe at the beginning?

5. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?

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