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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?
(a) God.
(b) Their mortality.
(c) The changing seasons.
(d) One another.

2. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) White fire.
(b) A bright spotlight.
(c) Yellow brilliance.
(d) A stream of light.

3. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) Summer.
(b) Death.
(c) Nightfall.
(d) The rains.

4. What does the witchgrass say it will someday do at the end of "Witchgrass"?
(a) Take over the earth.
(b) Come back to haunt the gardener.
(c) Constitute the field.
(d) Die out completely.

5. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?
(a) Late winter.
(b) Midsummer.
(c) Early fall.
(d) Early spring.

Short Answer Questions

1. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?

2. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?

3. What is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?

4. What time of year does the poet in "The Doorway" wish she could remain forever?

5. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?

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