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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What signs of their mood have the couple left on the dirt path in "The Hawthorn Tree"?
(a) Scattered flowers.
(b) An echo of laughter.
(c) An empty basket.
(d) Their shoes.

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

3. Where does the speaker of "Retreating Wind" tell his audience they will not find what they are looking for?
(a) In God's love.
(b) In the garden.
(c) In heaven.
(d) In prayer.

4. To whom is the speaker of "Wild Iris" speaking?
(a) The gardener.
(b) God.
(c) Death.
(d) The iris.

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

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

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

8. How does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" describe human souls?
(a) Immortal.
(b) Vast, passionate things.
(c) Empty.
(d) Small talking things.

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

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

11. What does the poet in "Matins" (#3) say about God's silence?
(a) It is useless.
(b) It is chilling.
(c) It is powerful.
(d) It is comforting.

12. Where does the trillium flower describe waking in "Trillilum"?
(a) A dark forest.
(b) A bright garden.
(c) A blue meadow.
(d) A moss-covered rock.

13. The speaker in "Retreating Wind" tells his audience that their lives are not what, like the plants?
(a) Dependent on other humans.
(b) Circular.
(c) Dependent on the sun.
(d) Fragile.

14. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he should be buried with at the end of the poem?
(a) The tomato plant.
(b) The Romantics.
(c) Her husband.
(d) The dying flowers.

15. Who is the speaker in "Snowdrops"?
(a) A snowdrop flower.
(b) The poet.
(c) God.
(d) A snowflake.

Short Answer Questions

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

2. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?

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

4. To whom is the speaker addressing in "Matins" (#3)?

5. What does the witchgrass say it will someday do at the end of "Witchgrass"?

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