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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?
(a) Depressives.
(b) Cold-blooded.
(c) Extroverts.
(d) Jovial.

3. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?
(a) Birds.
(b) Worms.
(c) Footsteps.
(d) Rabbits.

4. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) The morning dew.
(d) The sun.

5. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?
(a) He husband.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her mother.
(d) Her sister.

Short Answer Questions

1. What surprised the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?

2. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?

3. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?

4. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?

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

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