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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 the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?
(a) Immortality.
(b) Changing seasons.
(c) Death's presence.
(d) A sign from God.

2. What does God tell humanity they can do in "Spring Snow"?
(a) Stop believing in Him.
(b) Close their eyes.
(c) Forget about immortality.
(d) Stop calling to Him.

3. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Years of darkness.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Evil.

4. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?
(a) A bird.
(b) The poet's son.
(c) The poet.
(d) God.

5. To whom is the speaker of "Wild Iris" speaking?
(a) Death.
(b) The iris.
(c) God.
(d) The gardener.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does God say he "cannot go on restricting [himself] to" (8) in "Clear Morning"?

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

4. What does God feel people have failed to do despite his effort in "Clear Morning'?

5. In "Spring Snow," God condemns humanity for not believing in Him, despite His doing what?

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