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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the speaker in "The Garden" find it unbearable to look at?
(a) A row of peas.
(b) The fresh dirt.
(c) The light rain.
(d) A young couple.

3. How does the witchgrass feel the gardener feels about it in "Witchgrass"?
(a) It feels ignored by the gardener.
(b) It feels hated by the gardener.
(c) It feels loved by the gardener.
(d) It feels the garden is ambivalent about its presence.

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

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

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

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

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

9. Who is the speaker in "Retreating Wind"?
(a) God.
(b) The wind.
(c) The poet.
(d) The ocean.

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

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What does the speaker in "April" tell the couple has been distributed among all creatures?

3. Who is the speaker in the poem "Wild Iris"?

4. What flower with white marks is referenced at the end of "April"?

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

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