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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "Vespers" (#1)?
(a) The poet.
(b) A fig tree.
(c) A tomato crop.
(d) God.

2. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) address?
(a) The aphids.
(b) The gardener.
(c) God.
(d) The sick rose.

3. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) God.
(b) The earth.
(c) The sun.
(d) The poet.

4. What is described as "the heart's constant backdrop" (27) in "Song"?
(a) The dark.
(b) The light.
(c) The summer breeze.
(d) The blue sky.

5. Who is the speaker in "End of Summer"?
(a) The poet.
(b) Earth.
(c) Heaven.
(d) God.

6. What time of year does the poet in "The Doorway" wish she could remain forever?
(a) Early Summer.
(b) Late Spring.
(c) Late Summer.
(d) Early Spring.

7. Who or what is the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) The poet's husband.
(d) The horizon.

8. In what way does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel her affliction is different than the sick rose?
(a) The sick rose stays among other roses while she remains apart from others.
(b) She knows how to heal the rose, but not herself.
(c) The sick rose still has the sunlight.
(d) The sick rose is cared for by the gardener.

9. What is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?
(a) The sun shine.
(b) The summer breeze.
(c) A four-leaf clover.
(d) God.

10. What color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) Dull brown.
(b) Light green.
(c) Deep red.
(d) Brilliant yellow.

11. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?
(a) In limbo.
(b) In a garden.
(c) In Hell.
(d) In the earth.

12. Where does the speaker of "Vespers" (#4) say she knows God is at the start of the poem?
(a) In the garden with Noah.
(b) In the cool summer breeze.
(c) In the garden at sunset.
(d) In the garden with John.

13. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#7) call God?
(a) Deceitful creator.
(b) Master of all.
(c) Dear friend.
(d) Delightful man.

14. What season is described at the start of "Vespers" (#6)?
(a) Midsummer.
(b) Late winter.
(c) Early spring.
(d) Late autumn.

15. Who does the speaker in "Field Flowers" address?
(a) A field of flowers.
(b) God.
(c) The tall grass.
(d) The poet.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is the speaker in "Clover"?

2. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?

3. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?

4. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?

5. Who is the speaker in "Early Darkness"?

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