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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 start of "Vespers" (#9)?
(a) Late fall.
(b) Early spring.
(c) Beginning of summer.
(d) End of summer.

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?
(a) Solitude.
(b) Religious contemplation.
(c) The garden.
(d) Darkness.

3. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" say all humanity does while crying out their needs "in the open field" (34)?
(a) Drown each other out.
(b) Say too many things at once.
(c) Forget to praise God.
(d) Strangle each other.

4. Who does the lily speak to in "The Gold Lily"?
(a) The gardener.
(b) God.
(c) A field of flowers.
(d) All humanity.

5. What things are beginning to grow in "Vespers" (#9)?
(a) Tomatoes and Violets.
(b) Roses and berries.
(c) Tomatoes and Lillies.
(d) Crocuses and strawberries.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#7) call God?

2. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?

3. What is in the jar at the end of "Presque Isle"?

4. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?

5. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?

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