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This test consists of 5 multiple choice questions, 5 short answer questions, and 10 short essay questions.

Multiple Choice Questions

1. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
(a) Angrily.
(b) Quietly.
(c) Condescendingly.
(d) In the personal way.

2. What words does the speaker on "Retreating Wind" repeat in regards to human life?
(a) It is fragile.
(b) It is circular.
(c) It is in God's hands.
(d) It begins and end.

3. The speaker in "Matins" (#4) said that s/he asked God to be what?
(a) Human.
(b) Loving.
(c) Forgiving.
(d) Punishing.

4. What does God say "glitters like the moon" (9) in "Spring Snow"?
(a) The earth.
(b) Fireflies.
(c) The snowfall.
(d) The garden.

5. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?
(a) Red Roses.
(b) Purple Crocuses.
(c) Trilliums.
(d) White Irises.

Short Answer Questions

1. In "Matins" (#1), what types of people does Noah say "hate the spring" (2)?

2. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?

3. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?

4. What is referred to as "a living thing" at the end of "Love in Moonlight"?

5. What sound is described at the beginning of "End of Winter"?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?

2. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?

3. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?

4. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?

5. Why is God frustrated in "Clear Morning"?

6. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?

7. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?

8. In "Witchgrass," the witchgrass tells the gardener that it will remain for how long?

9. In "Scilla," what does the scilla say to its human audience that reflects its feeling toward humanity?

10. How does God feel about humanity in "Retreating Wind"?

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