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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. Who is the speaker in the poem "Wild Iris"?
2. Who is the speaker in "Spring Snow"?
3. Who is the speaker in "Retreating Wind"?
4. What does God say He let people do because it is what they wanted in "End of Winter"?
5. What does the speaker of "Scilla" say humans are always planning?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the speaker in "Matins" (#2) say in regards to the lesson God tried to teach humanity?
2. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?
3. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?
4. How does God feel about humanity in "Retreating Wind"?
5. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?
6. What pain does the iris describe in "Wild Iris"?
7. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?
8. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?
9. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?
10. What does the speaker of "Matins" (#4) wonder if she is better of addressing instead of God?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
Write an essay analyzing the theme of immortality in 3 - 5 poems from Wild Iris. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 2
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.
Essay Topic 3
God's absence, silence, or potential non-existence is discussed in several of the poems. Choose a minimum of 3 poems and analyze the words, images, and metaphors the poet uses to discuss these themes.
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