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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 1 - 11.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in the poem "Wild Iris"?
(a) The poet's husband.
(b) God.
(c) The iris.
(d) The poet.

2. What does God say he "cannot go on restricting [himself] to" (8) in "Clear Morning"?
(a) Time.
(b) Signs.
(c) His anger.
(d) Images.

3. What does God feel people have failed to do despite his effort in "Clear Morning'?
(a) Behave.
(b) Accept Him.
(c) Repent.
(d) Succeed.

4. The poet in "Matins" (#1) disagrees with Noah, saying that she feels attached to what?
(a) The summer breeze.
(b) The birdsong.
(c) The living tree.
(d) The wild iris.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the trillium flower describe waking in "Trillilum"?

2. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?

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

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

5. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?

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