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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 24 - 33 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Pray.
(b) Weed the garden.
(c) Water the plants.
(d) Harvest her vegetables.

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) God.
(b) A jacob's ladder plant.
(c) The heavens.
(d) The gardener.

3. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) Yellow brilliance.
(b) A bright spotlight.
(c) White fire.
(d) A stream of light.

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

5. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel happens to her over and over at the start of the poem?
(a) Her roses die.
(b) Her garden fails.
(c) She suffers the seasons.
(d) Her heart breaks.

Short Answer Questions

1. What tree does the poet in "Matins" (#3) ask if God is like?

2. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?

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

4. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say humans are always planning?

5. What flower with "deep blue" (20) marks is referenced at the end of "April"?

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