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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does God say has never gotten in the way of human pleasure in "End of Winter"?
(a) The seasons.
(b) The winter.
(c) Human grief.
(d) God's grief.

3. The daisies in "Daisies" say that the mind wants to shine like what?
(a) Machines.
(b) The sun.
(c) The shimmering lake.
(d) Dew covered grass.

4. What flower with "deep blue" (20) marks is referenced at the end of "April"?
(a) Violet.
(b) Scilla.
(c) Cornflower.
(d) Iris.

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Who is the speaker in "Retreating Wind"?

3. What does God say humans were too eager for in "End of Winter"?

4. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?

5. The poet in "Matins" (#1) disagrees with Noah, saying that she feels attached to what?

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