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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the young couple doing in "The Garden"?
(a) Planting irises.
(b) Planting a row of peas.
(c) Weeding the garden.
(d) Planting tomato plants.

2. The poet in "Matins" (#3) ask God if what may be his goal?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Immortality.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Devotion.

3. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?
(a) Purple Crocuses.
(b) White Irises.
(c) Red Roses.
(d) Trilliums.

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

5. How is the moonlight described in "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) Having shape without detail.
(b) Being faroff and mysterious.
(c) Being the only light in the darkness.
(d) Being shapeless.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?

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

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

5. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?

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