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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) A young woman.
(b) The hawthorn tree.
(c) A young man.
(d) God.

2. What time of year does the poet in "The Doorway" wish she could remain forever?
(a) Late Summer.
(b) Early Spring.
(c) Early Summer.
(d) Late Spring.

3. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) A bird.
(d) The poet's son.

4. What does the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?
(a) Human devotion to God.
(b) Human folly.
(c) Human passion or rage.
(d) Human joy.

5. What does God say is His great happiness in "Sunset"?
(a) The knowledge of her doubt.
(b) The sight of her praying.
(c) The sound of her weeping.
(d) The sound of her voice even in despair.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) address?

2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#7) say God did for her so she could not turn away from Him completely?

3. What does the speaker say s/he regrets thinking of humanity as in "Matins" (#7)?

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

5. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?

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