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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 the hawthorn tree in "The Hawthorn Tree" believe to be the reason for what the couple left behind?

2. What does the speaker in "Love in Moonlight" say people sometimes force on one another?

3. The poet in "Matins" (#2) says humanity "took turns working the garden" (3) and never thought of who or what?

4. What does God say people truly want in "Spring Snow"?

5. What mistake does Noah say depressives make in "Matins" (#1)?

Short Essay Questions

1. Who is speaker in each of the "Matins" poems and who does the speaker address?

2. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?

3. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?

4. What does the trilium flower learn in its first moments of life in "Trillium" and why?

5. Why does the hawthorn tree say it does not have to follow the couple to know what they are going through in "Hawthorn Tree"?

6. In "Witchgrass," the witchgrass tells the gardener that it will remain for how long?

7. What does the lamium flower say in regards to the light and sun in "Lamium"?

8. How do the violets refer to the gardener in "Violets"?

9. What does the witchgrass tell the gardener she must accept in regards to the flower it is accused of kllling in "Witchgrass"?

10. What does God tell humans they will not hear "in the other world" (10) in "End of Summer"?

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 poet's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Matins" poems. Use textual evidence to support your analysis. Note the ways in which the poet uses imagery to convey these things. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

Essay Topic 3

Write an essay analyzing God's voice, tone, and emotions in all of the "Vespers" poems. Use textual evidence to support your analysis. Note the ways in which the poet uses imagery to convey these things. Use textual evidence to support your analysis.

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