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

2. Who is the speaker in "Retreating Wind"?
(a) The ocean.
(b) The wind.
(c) God.
(d) The poet.

3. What tree does the poet in "Matins" (#3) ask if God is like?
(a) Ash.
(b) Hawthorn.
(c) Birch.
(d) Pine.

4. How does the hawthorn tree observe the couple walking in the garden in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) Beside one another, but not holding hands.
(b) Close together, hands clasped.
(c) Shoulder to shoulder.
(d) Arm in arm.

5. What does God say He let people do because it is what they wanted in "End of Winter"?
(a) He let them garden.
(b) He let them be born.
(c) He gave them free will.
(d) He let them speak.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker of "Matins" (#3)?

2. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?

3. What signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

4. What does God say "glitters like the moon" (9) in "Spring Snow"?

5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say his audience treasures?

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