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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) God.
(b) The heavens.
(c) A jacob's ladder plant.
(d) The gardener.

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

3. Who does the speaker in "Field Flowers" address?
(a) The poet.
(b) The tall grass.
(c) A field of flowers.
(d) God.

4. What does God see as an "Image of departure" (16) in "The Garden"?
(a) The woman leaving the garden.
(b) The woman's hand leaving the man's face.
(c) The woman and the man turning from each other.
(d) The man leaving the garden.

5. What signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) Their shoes.
(b) Scattered flowers.
(c) An echo of laughter.
(d) An empty basket.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?

2. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

3. Who is the speaker in "Vespers" (#8)?

4. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) suggest God withhold if He wishes for her to continue to grow tomatoes?

5. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?

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