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

2. What adjective does the person in "Vespers" (#1) use to describe the peach which grows only in warm climates?
(a) Juicy.
(b) Bountiful.
(c) Fragile.
(d) Unimaginable.

3. What happens to the flowers at the top of the bush while the one at the bottom blooms dark red in "Song"?
(a) The wind blows away their petals.
(b) They thrive.
(c) They are picked.
(d) They wilt.

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

5. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) say she struggles to share with her husband and son?
(a) The tomato crop.
(b) Her figs.
(c) Apricots.
(d) The peaches.

Short Answer Questions

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

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

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

4. Who does the speaker say God created mistrust between in "Vespers" (#6)?

5. What does the person in "Vespers" (#1) try to plant as a test of God's existence?

Short Essay Questions

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

2. In "The Doorway," how does the poet liken the flowers in spring to a child's behavior?

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

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

5. Why does God say he is not pleased with His creations in "End of Summer"?

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

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

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

9. 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?

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

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