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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. Under what great tree does the lamium live in "Lamium"?
2. What does the speaker of "Scilla" call his audience?
3. How does the speaker say s/he is not supposed to address God?
4. What does God tell humanity they will no hear in the other world in "End of Winter"?
5. Who is the author of the poetry collection The Wild Iris?
Short Essay Questions
1. What does the witchgrass tell the gardener she must accept in regards to the flower it is accused of kllling in "Witchgrass"?
2. What does the poet struggle with and search for in many of the poems in which she address God?
3. In "Witchgrass," the witchgrass tells the gardener that it will remain for how long?
4. What does the trilium flower learn in its first moments of life in "Trillium" and why?
5. In "Love in Moonlight," how does the speaker describe how humans sometimes force their despair on others?
6. What does God say humanity truly wants in "Spring Snow"?
7. What does the speaker ask God's forgiveness for in "Matins" (#3)?
8. Why does God say He can hardly bare to look at the couple in the garden in "The Garden"?
9. What does God tell humanity is the only thing they will hear in the final lines of "End of Summer"?
10. In "April," what does God say to the man and woman in the garden regarding their grief?
Essay Topics
Write an essay for ONE of the following topics:
Essay Topic 1
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 2
Write an essay analyzing the poet's search for God's existence. How does she search for God? What does she find? How do her moods change in regards to this search? Use evidence from at least 3 poems to support your analysis.
Essay Topic 3
Choosing several of the poems written from the voice of God to the poet/ gardener/humanity write an essay analyzing God's changing tone toward the poet or humanity. Analyze the poems for tone and imagery, comparing and contrasting these aspects of the poem in a minimum of 4 poems.
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