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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 one's mind.
(b) In other countries.
(c) In warmer climates.
(d) In the sunrise.

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

3. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) pretending to do in the beginning of the poem?
(a) Pray.
(b) Harvest her vegetables.
(c) Water the plants.
(d) Weed the garden.

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

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

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

7. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel happens to her over and over at the start of the poem?
(a) Her heart breaks.
(b) She suffers the seasons.
(c) Her garden fails.
(d) Her roses die.

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

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

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

11. What color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) Brilliant yellow.
(b) Dull brown.
(c) Deep red.
(d) Light green.

12. In what way does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel her affliction is different than the sick rose?
(a) The sick rose still has the sunlight.
(b) The sick rose is cared for by the gardener.
(c) The sick rose stays among other roses while she remains apart from others.
(d) She knows how to heal the rose, but not herself.

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

14. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Back in the garden.
(c) To the forest.
(d) Inside the house.

15. Who is the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder"?
(a) The gardener.
(b) God.
(c) Heaven.
(d) A jacob's ladder plant.

Short Answer Questions

1. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?

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

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

4. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?

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

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