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This test consists of 5 short answer questions, 10 short essay questions, and 1 (of 3) essay topics.
Short Answer Questions
1. What does God tell humanity they can do in "Spring Snow"?
2. What does the woman in "The Garden" do as a sign of truce when the couple disagree about whether to stop or continue?
3. What does the trillium flower in "Trillium" think some people need?
4. Who is the speaker in "Clear Morning"?
5. What flowers "burst" up as a sign of spring in "The Garden"?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?
2. What does the witchgrass tell the gardener she must accept in regards to the flower it is accused of kllling in "Witchgrass"?
3. In "Scilla," what does the scilla say to its human audience that reflects its feeling toward humanity?
4. What does God say he gave people in "End of Winter" because that is what they wanted?
5. In "Witchgrass," why does the witchgrass feel humans needed to give them a name?
6. What does God tell humans they will not hear "in the other world" (10) in "End of Summer"?
7. In "Witchgrass," the witchgrass tells the gardener that it will remain for how long?
8. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?
9. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?
10. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the sun as a symbol in Wild Iris. Choose a minimum of 3 poems from varying viewpoints and discuss what the sun means to that person or thing and what other words or phrases are used to convey meaning.
Essay Topic 2
Write an essay analyzing the ways in which the changing seasons represent the poet's emotions and relationship with God. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Write an essay analyzing the collection as a whole. What themes are evident and what techniques does the poet use to convey these themes? Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
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