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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 does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" say he feels for his audience in the first lines?
(a) Pity.
(b) Shame.
(c) Love.
(d) Disgust.

2. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) God's voice.
(b) Rainfall.
(c) The wind.
(d) Their own voice.

3. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?
(a) A better place to garden.
(b) A sign the rain is coming.
(c) A sign from God.
(d) Heaven.

4. Who is the speaker in "The Garden"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) A row of peas.
(d) A young couple.

5. Who is the speaker in "Witchgrass"?
(a) A field.
(b) A witchgrass plant.
(c) The poet.
(d) God.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker in "Clover"?

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

4. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?

5. How does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" describe human souls?

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