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This quiz consists of 5 multiple choice and 5 short answer questions through Pages 47 - 63 .

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What surprised the snowdrop flower at the end of "Snowdrops"?
(a) That the snow came early.
(b) That is died.
(c) That it bloomed again.
(d) That the winter was so cold.

2. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?
(a) Serenity.
(b) Years of darkness.
(c) Chaos.
(d) Evil.

3. What does God say He has two of in "Spring Snow"?
(a) Two forms.
(b) Two faces.
(c) Two types of love.
(d) Two selves and two kinds of power.

4. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) address?
(a) The sick rose.
(b) The aphids.
(c) The gardener.
(d) God.

5. Who or what is the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?
(a) God.
(b) The poet's husband.
(c) The poet.
(d) The horizon.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the Ipomoea say its crime is in this life in "Ipomoea"?

2. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say his audience treasures?

3. Who is the speaker in "Vespers" (#1)?

4. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?

5. Why does the speaker say humans suffer at the end of "Early Darkness"?

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