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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 "April"?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A gardener.
(c) God.
(d) The april rain.

2. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?
(a) To be able to talk about it.
(b) To write poems about it.
(c) To have one more slur.
(d) To create something new.

3. What did humanity want that they did not receive from God?
(a) Immortality.
(b) To see heaven.
(c) Endless youth.
(d) To see God in human form.

4. Where does the speaker tell the couple they have no place in thinking such things in "April"?
(a) Church.
(b) Heaven.
(c) The garden.
(d) Earth.

5. What time of day does the poem "End of Winter" describe at the beginning?
(a) Early afternoon.
(b) Early morning.
(c) Late evening.
(d) Twilight.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?

2. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?

3. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?

4. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?

5. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?

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