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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 34 - 46 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "End of Summer"?
(a) Earth.
(b) God.
(c) Heaven.
(d) The poet.

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#3) think might be God's gift to her so that she is aware she needs Him?
(a) The garden.
(b) The sheep.
(c) The drought.
(d) Pain.

3. Who is the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder"?
(a) The gardener.
(b) God.
(c) A jacob's ladder plant.
(d) Heaven.

4. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?
(a) John.
(b) God.
(c) The poet.
(d) The garden.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. How does the hawthorn tree observe the couple walking in the garden in "The Hawthorn Tree"?

2. What does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" think the woman's grief signifies at the end of the poem?

3. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?

4. What is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?

5. Who is the speaker in "Witchgrass"?

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