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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) The beasts of the field.
(b) The fig tree.
(c) Himself.
(d) Her husband.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

10. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) apologize for failing to do at the start of the poem?
(a) Share the tomato crop with her family.
(b) Produce a succesful tomato crop.
(c) Believe in God.
(d) Find proof God exists.

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

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

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

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

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

Short Answer Questions

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

2. What is blooming at the start of "Song"?

3. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?

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

5. What time of year does the poet in "The Doorway" wish she could remain forever?

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