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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

2. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) They wilt.
(b) They thrive.
(c) The wind blows away their petals.
(d) They are picked.

3. What adjective does the person in "Vespers" (#1) use to describe the peach which grows only in warm climates?
(a) Unimaginable.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Juicy.
(d) Fragile.

4. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?
(a) The rain.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The sun.
(d) God.

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

6. Who is the speaker of "Midsummer"?
(a) The poet.
(b) Humanity.
(c) God.
(d) The sun.

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

8. What does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" think the woman's grief signifies at the end of the poem?
(a) Her desire for immortality.
(b) Frustration with her garden.
(c) Pain of losing her partner.
(d) Depression.

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

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

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

13. What do humans view most of the clovers in the garden as in "Clover"?
(a) Proof of God's existence.
(b) A weed.
(c) A thing of beauty.
(d) A sign of blessedness.

14. In "The Red Poppy," what does the red poppy say it does not have despite having feelings?
(a) A soul.
(b) A mind.
(c) A caretaker.
(d) A friend.

15. Who is the speaker in "Early Darkness"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) All humanity.
(d) The nigth sky.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?

2. Who is the speaker in "Clover"?

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

4. Who is the field of daisies addressing in "Daisies"?

5. Who does the speaker in "Field Flowers" address?

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