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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he may be better for addressing instead of God?
(a) The birds.
(b) The flowers.
(c) The birches.
(d) The clouds.

2. What flower with white marks is referenced at the end of "April"?
(a) Violet.
(b) Scilla.
(c) Iris.
(d) Wild Rose.

3. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?
(a) They spend too much time in doors.
(b) They cannot see the sunlight in the darkness.
(c) They attach themselves to one part of nature, rather than the whole.
(d) They dwell on their sadness.

4. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?
(a) Her son.
(b) Her sister.
(c) Her mother.
(d) He husband.

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

6. What does the witchgrass say it will someday do at the end of "Witchgrass"?
(a) Constitute the field.
(b) Come back to haunt the gardener.
(c) Die out completely.
(d) Take over the earth.

7. Who is the speaker of "Matins" (#3)?
(a) God.
(b) Sun.
(c) Poet.
(d) Flower.

8. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?
(a) Cold-blooded.
(b) Depressives.
(c) Jovial.
(d) Extroverts.

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

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

11. The poet in "Matins" (#3) ask God if what may be his goal?
(a) Disbelief.
(b) Devotion.
(c) Forgiveness.
(d) Immortality.

12. What does the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?
(a) She nods her head.
(b) She touches the man's cheek.
(c) She quietly continues.
(d) She shakes the man's hand.

13. What does God say he "cannot go on restricting [himself] to" (8) in "Clear Morning"?
(a) Images.
(b) Signs.
(c) His anger.
(d) Time.

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

15. Who does the speaker of "Scilla" address?
(a) God.
(b) The dirt.
(c) A human audience.
(d) Another plant.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What sound does the speaker in "Wild Iris" hear "darting in low shrubs" (1)?

3. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?

4. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?

5. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?

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