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

Multiple Choice Questions

1. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?
(a) In the sunrise.
(b) In one's mind.
(c) In warmer climates.
(d) In other countries.

2. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) A weed.
(b) God.
(c) The gardener.
(d) The flower bed.

3. 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.

4. What does John do in "Vespers" (#4) after 15 minutes of "intense effort" (42)?
(a) Spend 15 minutes napping.
(b) Spend 15 minutes in solemn contemplation.
(c) Spend 15 minutes in quiet meditation.
(d) Spend 15 minutes in ecstatic contemplation.

5. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#1) say she does more intensely than others?
(a) Despairs.
(b) Eats tomatoes.
(c) Gardens.
(d) Praises God.

6. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) try to plant as a test of God's existence?
(a) A peach tree.
(b) A fig tree.
(c) An apricot tree.
(d) A tomato crop.

7. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?
(a) Blessed.
(b) Immortal.
(c) Holy.
(d) Unique.

8. What flower does the poet in "The Doorway" describe as it just starts to open?
(a) Roses.
(b) Crocuses.
(c) Tulips.
(d) Irises.

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

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

11. What does the speaker wonder if the person s/he is addressing looks for while looking beyond the field?
(a) A sign from God.
(b) Heaven.
(c) A sign the rain is coming.
(d) A better place to garden.

12. Why does the speaker say humans suffer at the end of "Early Darkness"?
(a) Because they forget to pray.
(b) Because they do not believe in Him.
(c) Because they touched each other.
(d) Because they were born.

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

14. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?
(a) The garden.
(b) Solitude.
(c) Religious contemplation.
(d) Darkness.

15. 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.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the speaker of "Vespers" (#4) say she knows God is at the start of the poem?

2. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

3. Why does the red poppy say it is speaking at the end of "The Red Poppy"?

4. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#7)?

5. Who does the speaker say God created mistrust between in "Vespers" (#6)?

(see the answer keys)

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