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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?
(a) Changing seasons.
(b) Death's presence.
(c) Immortality.
(d) A sign from God.

2. To whom does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) speak?
(a) Her son.
(b) God.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The garden.

3. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?
(a) They attach themselves to one part of nature, rather than the whole.
(b) They cannot see the sunlight in the darkness.
(c) They dwell on their sadness.
(d) They spend too much time in doors.

4. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
(a) Condescendingly.
(b) In the personal way.
(c) Quietly.
(d) Angrily.

5. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?
(a) A human audience.
(b) God.
(c) Another plant.
(d) The dirt.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What flower with "deep blue" (20) marks is referenced at the end of "April"?

3. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?

4. What does the poet in "Matins" (#3) say about God's silence?

5. What signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

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