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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 23 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the author of the poetry collection The Wild Iris?
(a) Louise Gluck.
(b) Iris Gluck.
(c) Lilly Gillick.
(d) John Gluck.

2. Where does the trillium flower describe waking in "Trillilum"?
(a) A blue meadow.
(b) A moss-covered rock.
(c) A bright garden.
(d) A dark forest.

3. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he should be buried with at the end of the poem?
(a) The Romantics.
(b) The tomato plant.
(c) The dying flowers.
(d) Her husband.

4. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?
(a) Failure.
(b) Success.
(c) Spirituality.
(d) Life.

5. What did humanity want that they did not receive from God?
(a) Endless youth.
(b) To see heaven.
(c) Immortality.
(d) To see God in human form.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God tell humanity they can do in "Spring Snow"?

2. The speaker in "Matins" (#4) said that s/he asked God to be what?

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

4. What eartly image is referenced multiple times in "Love in Moonlight"?

5. The poet in "Matins" (#3) feels she has seen no proof of what?

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