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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. Who is the speaker in "Field Flowers"?
(a) The grass.
(b) God.
(c) A human.
(d) A field of flowers.
2. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) A jacob's ladder plant.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The heavens.
(d) God.
3. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) They thrive.
(b) The wind blows away their petals.
(c) They are picked.
(d) They wilt.
4. Who is the speaker in "Early Darkness"?
(a) The nigth sky.
(b) The poet.
(c) God.
(d) All humanity.
5. Who is "the lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?
(a) The sun.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The rain.
(d) God.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) address?
2. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?
3. Who is the speaker of "Midsummer"?
4. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#3) wonder if God loves more than her?
5. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) think might move God to reveal himself?
Short Essay Questions
1. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?
2. In "Doorway," what does the poet say the one who waits has the benefit of observing?
3. In "The Doorway," how does the poet liken the flowers in spring to a child's behavior?
4. What does the jacob's ladder plant think may be the reason for the woman's grief in "Jacob's Ladder"?
5. Why does the poet in "Vespers" (#1) plant a fig tree in Vermont?
6. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?
7. In "Vespers" (#4), where does the poet say she knows God is?
8. How does God see humanity in "Midsummer"?
9. "In Doorway," how does the poet describe the late spring?
10. What does the poet express regret for thinking in "Matins" (#7)?
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