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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 time of year is it at the beginning of "The Silver Lily"?
(a) End of summer.
(b) Early spring.
(c) Beginning of winter.
(d) Late autumn.

2. How does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" describe human souls?
(a) Immortal.
(b) Empty.
(c) Small talking things.
(d) Vast, passionate things.

3. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?
(a) In one's mind.
(b) In other countries.
(c) In the sunrise.
(d) In warmer climates.

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

5. What time of year is it at the start of "Vespers" (#9)?
(a) Beginning of summer.
(b) Early spring.
(c) End of summer.
(d) Late fall.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Vespers: Parousia" refer to God as at the start of the poem?

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) apologize for failing to do at the start of the poem?

3. What does God say He has two of in "Spring Snow"?

4. What has the young couple in "The Garden" not yet encountered according to the speaker?

5. What does God say humans were too eager for in "End of Winter"?

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