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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
(a) Her figs.
(b) Apricots.
(c) The peaches.
(d) The tomato crop.

3. What is blooming at the start of "Song"?
(a) A wood violet.
(b) A wild rose.
(c) A purple crocus.
(d) An iris.

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

5. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) think might move God to reveal himself?
(a) Prayer.
(b) Birth.
(c) Grief.
(d) Death.

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

7. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#3) think might be God's gift to her so that she is aware she needs Him?
(a) Pain.
(b) The garden.
(c) The sheep.
(d) The drought.

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

9. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) A jacob's ladder plant.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The heavens.
(d) God.

10. Who is the field of daisies addressing in "Daisies"?
(a) God.
(b) Th sun.
(c) The violets.
(d) A human.

11. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) A bright spotlight.
(b) Yellow brilliance.
(c) White fire.
(d) A stream of light.

12. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?
(a) Early fall.
(b) Early spring.
(c) Midsummer.
(d) Late winter.

13. Why does the red poppy say it is speaking at the end of "The Red Poppy"?
(a) Because it cares for humanity.
(b) Because it has found God.
(c) Because it is scared.
(d) Because it is shattered.

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

15. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#3) wonder if God loves more than her?
(a) Her husband.
(b) The beasts of the field.
(c) The fig tree.
(d) Himself.

Short Answer Questions

1. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?

3. What do the daisies think people are more interested in than nature in "Daisies"?

4. What time of year is it in "Matins" (#5)?

5. What do the daisies in "Daisies" say will happen if the person were to share her views of the natural world with others?

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