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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 field of daisies addressing in "Daisies"?
(a) The violets.
(b) God.
(c) A human.
(d) Th sun.
2. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) try to plant as a test of God's existence?
(a) A fig tree.
(b) A tomato crop.
(c) A peach tree.
(d) An apricot tree.
3. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" say all humanity does while crying out their needs "in the open field" (34)?
(a) Drown each other out.
(b) Strangle each other.
(c) Forget to praise God.
(d) Say too many things at once.
4. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) They are picked.
(b) They wilt.
(c) They thrive.
(d) The wind blows away their petals.
5. Who is the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder"?
(a) A jacob's ladder plant.
(b) God.
(c) The gardener.
(d) Heaven.
Short Answer Questions
1. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?
2. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
3. Who or what does the speaker in "Heaven and Earth" observe as wanting it all as s/he stands on the horizon?
4. Why does the speaker say humans suffer at the end of "Early Darkness"?
5. What is blooming at the start of "Song"?
Short Essay Questions
1. Why does the poet in "Vespers" (#1) plant a fig tree in Vermont?
2. Why does God say he is not pleased with His creations in "End of Summer"?
3. In "Vespers" (#4), where does the poet say she knows God is?
4. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?
5. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) doing while she pretends to weed?
6. In "Doorway," what does the poet say the one who waits has the benefit of observing?
7. "In Doorway," how does the poet describe the late spring?
8. What does the poet say were some of the signs God existed in her youth in "Vespers" (#6)?
9. In what way is the speaker in "Matins" (#6) different from the sick rose?
10. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?
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