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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 47 - 63 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What do the daisies in "Daisies" say will happen if the person were to share her views of the natural world with others?
(a) Nobody will care.
(b) She will be laughed at again.
(c) God will bless her.
(d) People will listen.

2. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God if He may be more inconsistent like what type of plant?
(a) Trillium.
(b) Foxglove.
(c) Iris.
(d) Lamium.

3. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?
(a) It feels loved by the gardener.
(b) It feels hated by the gardener.
(c) It feels ignored by the gardener.
(d) It feels the garden is ambivalent about its presence.

4. What does John do in "Vespers" (#4) after 15 minutes of "intense effort" (42)?
(a) Spend 15 minutes napping.
(b) Spend 15 minutes in quiet meditation.
(c) Spend 15 minutes in ecstatic contemplation.
(d) Spend 15 minutes in solemn contemplation.

5. What does the speaker in "April" tell the couple has been distributed among all creatures?
(a) God's anger.
(b) Grief.
(c) Joy.
(d) God's love.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) think might move God to reveal himself?

3. Who is the author of the poetry collection The Wild Iris?

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

5. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?

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