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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 "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?
(a) Unique.
(b) Blessed.
(c) Holy.
(d) Immortal.

2. What do the daisies think people are more interested in than nature in "Daisies"?
(a) Technology.
(b) Reading.
(c) Video games.
(d) Writing about nature.

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

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

5. Who is the speaker in "Clover"?
(a) God.
(b) The gardener.
(c) A clover plant.
(d) Heaven.

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

7. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?
(a) The grass.
(b) God.
(c) A field of flowers.
(d) A human.

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

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

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

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

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

13. What time of year is it in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) End of summer.
(b) Late fall.
(c) Beginning of spring.
(d) Early winter.

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. Why does the speaker feel it is difficult to please all creations?

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

4. What color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?

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

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