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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 12 - 23 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) A young woman.
(b) The hawthorn tree.
(c) A young man.
(d) God.

2. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
(a) Fool.
(b) Idiot.
(c) Master.
(d) Beautiful.

3. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) Death.
(b) Nightfall.
(c) The rains.
(d) Summer.

4. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he may be better for addressing instead of God?
(a) The clouds.
(b) The birches.
(c) The flowers.
(d) The birds.

5. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?
(a) It feels loved by the gardener.
(b) It feels the garden is ambivalent about its presence.
(c) It feels hated by the gardener.
(d) It feels ignored by the gardener.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?

2. The speaker in "Retreating Wind" tells his audience that their lives are not what, like the plants?

3. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God if He may be more inconsistent like what type of plant?

4. What does the speaker in "April" tell the couple has been distributed among all creatures?

5. Who is the speaker in "April"?

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