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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 time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?
(a) Early fall.
(b) Early spring.
(c) Late winter.
(d) Midsummer.

2. Who or what does the speaker in "Jacob's Ladder" address?
(a) A jacob's ladder plant.
(b) The heavens.
(c) God.
(d) The gardener.

3. 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 at sunset.
(d) In the garden with John.

4. How is the sun described as it shines off the mountains in "Matins" (#7)?
(a) A bright spotlight.
(b) Yellow brilliance.
(c) A stream of light.
(d) White fire.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What does John do in "Vespers" (#4) after 15 minutes of "intense effort" (42)?

2. How does the speaker in "End of Summer" refer to humanity?

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

4. What does the speaker in "Vespers" (#5) say she lives mostly in at the start of the poem?

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

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. How does God see humanity in "Midsummer"?

4. In "Vespers" (#4), where does the poet say she knows God is?

5. "In Doorway," how does the poet describe the late spring?

6. Why does the poet in "Vespers" (#1) plant a fig tree in Vermont?

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

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

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

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

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