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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 the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
(a) Her figs.
(b) The peaches.
(c) The tomato crop.
(d) Apricots.

2. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#7) call God?
(a) Master of all.
(b) Deceitful creator.
(c) Delightful man.
(d) Dear friend.

3. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?
(a) Religious contemplation.
(b) Solitude.
(c) The garden.
(d) Darkness.

4. Where does the speaker of "Vespers" (#4) say she knows God is at the start of the poem?
(a) In the cool summer breeze.
(b) In the garden with Noah.
(c) In the garden with John.
(d) In the garden at sunset.

5. Who is the speaker of "Midsummer"?
(a) Humanity.
(b) God.
(c) The poet.
(d) The sun.

Short Answer Questions

1. What season is described at the start of "Vespers" (#6)?

2. Who is the speaker in "Clover"?

3. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?

4. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?

5. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) think might move God to reveal himself?

Short Essay Questions

1. In what way is the speaker in "Matins" (#6) different from the sick rose?

2. What does the poet in "Vespers" (#2) tell God she failed to do at the start of the poem?

3. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) doing while she pretends to weed?

4. What does the poet express regret for thinking in "Matins" (#7)?

5. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?

6. In "Daisies," what do the daisies tell the poet will happen is she tries to share her "impressions of the natural world" (39) with others?

7. What does the poet say is a way of God revealing Himself in "Vespers" (#5)?

8. In "The Doorway," how does the poet liken the flowers in spring to a child's behavior?

9. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?

10. What does the clover question in regards to people's view of the four leaf clover in "Clover"?

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