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

Multiple Choice Questions

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

8. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?
(a) Vineyards.
(b) Humanity.
(c) The sun.
(d) The fields.

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

10. Who does the speaker say God created mistrust between in "Vespers" (#6)?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Brother and brother.

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

12. How does the speaker in "End of Summer" refer to humanity?
(a) Self indulgent experiment.
(b) Poor inspired creation.
(c) Disgraced beings.
(d) Master of everything.

13. The daisies in "Daisies" say that the mind wants to shine like what?
(a) The shimmering lake.
(b) Machines.
(c) Dew covered grass.
(d) The sun.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" think the woman's grief signifies at the end of the poem?

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

3. Who is the speaker in "End of Summer"?

4. Who is the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder"?

5. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) apologize for failing to do at the start of the poem?

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