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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 does God see as an "Image of departure" (16) in "The Garden"?
(a) The woman leaving the garden.
(b) The woman's hand leaving the man's face.
(c) The man leaving the garden.
(d) The woman and the man turning from each other.

2. What does the speaker say is "the end of [her] suffering" (1) in "Wild Iris"?
(a) Death.
(b) Nightfall.
(c) The rains.
(d) Summer.

3. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) address?
(a) God.
(b) The poet.
(c) The birch tree.
(d) The sky.

4. Where does the speaker tell the couple they have no place in thinking such things in "April"?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Church.
(c) Earth.
(d) The garden.

5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
(a) Idiot.
(b) Fool.
(c) Beautiful.
(d) Master.

Short Answer Questions

1. Where does the trillium flower describe waking in "Trillilum"?

2. What does God say he "cannot go on restricting [himself] to" (8) in "Clear Morning"?

3. What does the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?

4. Who is the speaker in "April"?

5. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. What does Noah say about depressives in "Matins" (#1)?

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

5. What does God tell humans they will not hear "in the other world" (10) in "End of Summer"?

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

7. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?

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

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

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

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