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This test consists of 15 multiple choice questions and 5 short answer questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?
(a) Pine.
(b) Maple.
(c) Hawthorn.
(d) Sycamore.

2. To whom does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) speak?
(a) God.
(b) Her son.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The garden.

3. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?
(a) Rabbits.
(b) Footsteps.
(c) Worms.
(d) Birds.

4. What tree does the poet in "Matins" (#3) ask if God is like?
(a) Ash.
(b) Pine.
(c) Birch.
(d) Hawthorn.

5. What is one of the things God says He gifted to humanity in "Retreating Wind"?
(a) Wind.
(b) A conscience.
(c) More time than they knew how to use.
(d) The sun.

6. What does the speaker in "April" tell the couple has been distributed among all creatures?
(a) Grief.
(b) Joy.
(c) God's love.
(d) God's anger.

7. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) address?
(a) The birch tree.
(b) The sky.
(c) God.
(d) The poet.

8. What words does the speaker on "Retreating Wind" repeat in regards to human life?
(a) It is circular.
(b) It begins and end.
(c) It is fragile.
(d) It is in God's hands.

9. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?
(a) The morning dew.
(b) The poet.
(c) God.
(d) The sun.

10. What is referred to as "a living thing" at the end of "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) A soul.
(b) The earth.
(c) Love.
(d) The moon.

11. What eartly image is referenced multiple times in "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) The moon.
(b) The night sky.
(c) The sun.
(d) The stars.

12. What does God see as an "Image of departure" (16) in "The Garden"?
(a) The woman's hand leaving the man's face.
(b) The man leaving the garden.
(c) The woman and the man turning from each other.
(d) The woman leaving the garden.

13. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) Nightfall.
(b) Death.
(c) Summer.
(d) The rains.

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

15. What does God say humans were too eager for in "End of Winter"?
(a) Sensation.
(b) God's love.
(c) Immortality.
(d) Heaven.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?

2. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?

3. What does God say He let people do because it is what they wanted in "End of Winter"?

4. Where does the speaker of "Retreating Wind" tell his audience they will not find what they are looking for?

5. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?

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