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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 of "Midsummer"?
(a) The sun.
(b) The poet.
(c) God.
(d) Humanity.
2. Who does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) address?
(a) God.
(b) The gardener.
(c) The aphids.
(d) The sick rose.
3. In what way does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel her affliction is different than the sick rose?
(a) The sick rose stays among other roses while she remains apart from others.
(b) She knows how to heal the rose, but not herself.
(c) The sick rose is cared for by the gardener.
(d) The sick rose still has the sunlight.
4. The daisies in "Daisies" say that the mind wants to shine like what?
(a) The shimmering lake.
(b) Machines.
(c) Dew covered grass.
(d) The sun.
5. Who is God speaking to in "Harvest"?
(a) The sun.
(b) Humanity.
(c) Vineyards.
(d) The fields.
Short Answer Questions
1. Where does the speaker of "Vespers" (#4) say she knows God is at the start of the poem?
2. Who is the field of daisies addressing in "Daisies"?
3. What adjective does the person in "Vespers" (#1) use to describe the peach which grows only in warm climates?
4. What color do the sick trees turn in "Matins" (#5)?
5. Where does the speaker of "Jacob's Ladder" feel it is trapped?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the poet say is a way of God revealing Himself in "Vespers" (#5)?
2. In "Vespers" (#3), why does the poet think she is "uniquely/ suited to praise [God]" (38)?
3. What does the poet in "Heaven and Earth" question in regards to her husband at the end of the poem?
4. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) doing while she pretends to weed?
5. Why does the poet in "Vespers" (#1) plant a fig tree in Vermont?
6. In what way is the speaker in "Matins" (#6) different from the sick rose?
7. In "Doorway," what does the poet say the one who waits has the benefit of observing?
8. 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?
9. What does the poet say were some of the signs God existed in her youth in "Vespers" (#6)?
10. In "Vespers" (#4), where does the poet say she knows God is?
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