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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?
(a) It feels the garden is ambivalent about its presence.
(b) It feels ignored by the gardener.
(c) It feels loved by the gardener.
(d) It feels hated by the gardener.

2. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?
(a) A field of flowers.
(b) A human.
(c) The grass.
(d) God.

3. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?
(a) Death's presence.
(b) Immortality.
(c) A sign from God.
(d) Changing seasons.

4. What is blooming at the start of "Song"?
(a) A wood violet.
(b) A purple crocus.
(c) An iris.
(d) A wild rose.

5. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Condescendingly.
(c) Quietly.
(d) In the personal way.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the poet in "Matins" (#3) say about God's silence?

2. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?

3. What was the couple given which compels the speaker in "April" to say he expected better of them?

4. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?

5. Where does the speaker tell the couple they have no place in thinking such things in "April"?

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