View a FREE sample

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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?
(a) Another plant.
(b) The dirt.
(c) God.
(d) A human audience.

2. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?
(a) Their religious fervor.
(b) Their disbelief in God.
(c) Their passion.
(d) Their own despair.

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

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

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 the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?

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

3. What has the young couple in "The Garden" not yet encountered according to the speaker?

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

5. What does the witchgrass say it will someday do at the end of "Witchgrass"?

(see the answer key)

This section contains 231 words (approx. 1 page at 300 words per page) View a FREE sample