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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. What time of day does the poem "End of Winter" describe at the beginning?
(a) Early morning.
(b) Late evening.
(c) Twilight.
(d) Early afternoon.

2. What flower with white marks is referenced at the end of "April"?
(a) Violet.
(b) Scilla.
(c) Wild Rose.
(d) Iris.

3. Who is the speaker in "The Garden"?
(a) The poet.
(b) God.
(c) A row of peas.
(d) A young couple.

4. What does the lamium say "living things don't all require...in the same degree" (5)?
(a) Light.
(b) God.
(c) Activity.
(d) Food.

5. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?
(a) They cannot see the sunlight in the darkness.
(b) They dwell on their sadness.
(c) They spend too much time in doors.
(d) They attach themselves to one part of nature, rather than the whole.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does God see as an "Image of departure" (16) in "The Garden"?

2. How does the speaker in "Retreating Wind" describe human souls?

3. What does the poet say followed humanities exile from heaven in "Matins" (#2)?

4. To whom is the speaker of "Wild Iris" speaking?

5. The poet in "Matins" (#3) feels she has seen no proof of what?

Short Essay Questions

1. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?

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

4. How do the violets refer to the gardener in "Violets"?

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

6. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?

7. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?

8. In "Witchgrass," why does the witchgrass feel humans needed to give them a name?

9. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?

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

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