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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. What sound is described at the beginning of "End of Winter"?
(a) The last snowfall.
(b) A birdcall.
(c) The falling leaves.
(d) The wind.

2. Why does the witchgrass feel humans even bothered to give it a name in "Witchgrass"?
(a) To have one more slur.
(b) To be able to talk about it.
(c) To create something new.
(d) To write poems about it.

3. What does God say "glitters like the moon" (9) in "Spring Snow"?
(a) The earth.
(b) The garden.
(c) The snowfall.
(d) Fireflies.

4. How is the moonlight described in "Love in Moonlight"?
(a) Being the only light in the darkness.
(b) Being shapeless.
(c) Having shape without detail.
(d) Being faroff and mysterious.

5. What does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" say he feels for his audience in the first lines?
(a) Love.
(b) Disgust.
(c) Shame.
(d) Pity.

6. What does the witchgrass say the garden bed is a paradigm of in "Witchgrass"?
(a) Spirituality.
(b) Success.
(c) Failure.
(d) Life.

7. The poet in "Matins" (#3) asks God's forgiveness for doing what?
(a) Not believing in Him.
(b) Not being able to see Him.
(c) Sinning.
(d) Loving Him.

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

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

10. Who is the speaker in "Scilla"?
(a) An unknown human.
(b) A scilla plant.
(c) A hawthorn tree.
(d) God.

11. Who is the speaker in "April"?
(a) A young woman.
(b) A gardener.
(c) The april rain.
(d) God.

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

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

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

15. What is the meaning of the sound God says they will hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
(a) Hello.
(b) Good-bye.
(c) No more.
(d) Nevermore.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?

2. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say humans are always planning?

3. What was the couple given which compels the speaker in "April" to say he expected better of them?

4. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?

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

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