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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. To whom is the speaker of "Wild Iris" speaking?
(a) Death.
(b) The gardener.
(c) God.
(d) The iris.
2. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
(a) In the personal way.
(b) Condescendingly.
(c) Angrily.
(d) Quietly.
3. Who is the author of the poetry collection The Wild Iris?
(a) Iris Gluck.
(b) Lilly Gillick.
(c) John Gluck.
(d) Louise Gluck.
4. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
(a) Fool.
(b) Beautiful.
(c) Idiot.
(d) Master.
5. Who is the speaker in "Scilla"?
(a) An unknown human.
(b) A hawthorn tree.
(c) God.
(d) A scilla plant.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?
2. What does God say He has two of in "Spring Snow"?
3. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#4) say s/he may be better for addressing instead of God?
4. The poet in "Matins" (#1) refers to a conversation she had with whom?
5. Who is the speaker in "End of Winter"?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Scilla," what does the scilla say to its human audience that reflects its feeling toward humanity?
2. What does God tell humans they will not hear "in the other world" (10) in "End of Summer"?
3. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?
4. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?
5. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?
6. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?
7. How do the violets refer to the gardener in "Violets"?
8. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?
9. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?
10. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?
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