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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 is the "sign of blessedness" (30) referred to in "Clover"?
(a) The sun shine.
(b) A four-leaf clover.
(c) God.
(d) The summer breeze.

2. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#6) feel happens to her over and over at the start of the poem?
(a) Her heart breaks.
(b) Her garden fails.
(c) Her roses die.
(d) She suffers the seasons.

3. What is described as "the heart's constant backdrop" (27) in "Song"?
(a) The dark.
(b) The blue sky.
(c) The summer breeze.
(d) The light.

4. What does the speaker in "Midsummer" remind humanity they were not intended to be?
(a) Immortal.
(b) Holy.
(c) Unique.
(d) Blessed.

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

Short Answer Questions

1. What do the daisies think people are more interested in than nature in "Daisies"?

2. Who is the field of daisies addressing in "Daisies"?

3. Where does the person in "Vespers" (#1) suggest God may only exist?

4. What time of year is everything possible according to the speaker in "Heaven and Earth"?

5. What flower does the poet in "The Doorway" describe as it just starts to open?

Short Essay Questions

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

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

3. In what way is the speaker in "Matins" (#6) different from the sick rose?

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

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

6. What is the gardener in "Matins" (#5) doing while she pretends to weed?

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

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

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

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