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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 say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?
(a) The seasons.
(b) Human grief.
(c) The winter.
(d) God's grief.

2. What does God say humans were too eager for in "End of Winter"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) God's love.
(c) Sensation.
(d) Immortality.

3. Who is the speaker in "Snowdrops"?
(a) The poet.
(b) A snowflake.
(c) God.
(d) A snowdrop flower.

4. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?
(a) The poet.
(b) The wind.
(c) God.
(d) The snowfall.

5. What does God say He has two of in "Spring Snow"?
(a) Two faces.
(b) Two selves and two kinds of power.
(c) Two types of love.
(d) Two forms.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God say He let people do because it is what they wanted in "End of Winter"?

2. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?

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

4. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?

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

(see the answer key)

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