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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) Worms.
(b) Birds.
(c) Rabbits.
(d) Footsteps.

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

3. To whom does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) speak?
(a) God.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The garden.

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

5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say humans are always planning?
(a) For immortality.
(b) To meet God.
(c) Their silly lives.
(d) Their death.

Short Answer Questions

1. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?

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

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

4. What does God say humans were too eager for in "End of Winter"?

5. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?

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