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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 does the speaker say God created mistrust between in "Vespers" (#6)?
(a) Brother and sister.
(b) Mother and daughter.
(c) Father and son.
(d) Brother and brother.

2. Who is the speaker in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) God.
(b) The gardener.
(c) A weed.
(d) The flower bed.

3. What time of year is it in "Matins" (#5)?
(a) Beginning of spring.
(b) Early winter.
(c) End of summer.
(d) Late fall.

4. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#1) say she does more intensely than others?
(a) Praises God.
(b) Gardens.
(c) Despairs.
(d) Eats tomatoes.

5. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" say all humanity does while crying out their needs "in the open field" (34)?
(a) Say too many things at once.
(b) Strangle each other.
(c) Drown each other out.
(d) Forget to praise God.

Short Answer Questions

1. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel happens to her over and over at the start of the poem?

2. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?

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

4. Who or what is the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

5. Where does the speaker of "Vespers" (#4) say she knows God is at the start of the poem?

Short Essay Questions

1. What is different about the way the poet in "Song" sees the rose compared to how her husband sees it?

2. What does the poppy say about the sun in "The Red Poppy"?

3. 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?

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

5. What does the flower ask the human at the start of "Field Flowers"?

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

7. What does the poet say were some of the signs God existed in her youth in "Vespers" (#6)?

8. What does the jacob's ladder plant think may be the reason for the woman's grief in "Jacob's Ladder"?

9. What is different about John's peace in comparison to the poet's in "Vespers" (#4)?

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

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