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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 lord in heaven" according to the poppy in "The Red Poppy"?
(a) The rain.
(b) The gardener.
(c) God.
(d) The sun.
2. Who is the speaker in "Vespers" (#1)?
(a) A tomato crop.
(b) A fig tree.
(c) God.
(d) The poet.
3. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?
(a) The poet.
(b) The garden.
(c) John.
(d) God.
4. What color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) Deep red.
(b) Dull brown.
(c) Light green.
(d) Brilliant yellow.
5. Where does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" want to go?
(a) Heaven.
(b) Inside the house.
(c) Back in the garden.
(d) To the forest.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#7)?
2. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#2) apologize for failing to do at the start of the poem?
3. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
4. Who does the speaker say God created mistrust between in "Vespers" (#6)?
5. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does God say he is not pleased with His creations in "End of Summer"?
2. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?
3. Why does the poet in "Vespers" (#1) plant a fig tree in Vermont?
4. What does the poppy say about the sun in "The Red Poppy"?
5. Why does God tell humans that they need not fear death in "Harvest"?
6. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) doing while she pretends to weed?
7. What does the poet in "Vespers" (#2) tell God she failed to do at the start of the poem?
8. What does the poet express regret for thinking in "Matins" (#7)?
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 poet say were some of the signs God existed in her youth in "Vespers" (#6)?
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